H2529A

חֶמְאָה

chem.ahH:N-F

curd

curd, butter

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חֶמְאָה noun feminine curd; — ׳ח Gen 18:8 + 6 t.; = חֵמָה Job 29:6 construct חֶמְאַת Deut 32:14 curd, curdled milk, modern labben ׳מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא ח Prov 30:33, elsewhere joined with חָלָב Gen 18:8(J) Deut 32:14 (poem; חֶמְאַת בָּקָר וַחֲלֵב צאֹן), Judg 5:25 (where served בְּסֵפֶל אַדִּירִים, see ספל); with דְּבַשׁ 2Sam 17:29; Isa 7:15; Isa 7:22 (twice in verse); compare ׳נַחֲלֵי דבשׁ וח figurative of abundance Job 20:17 בִּרְחֹץ חֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָ֑ה Job 29:6 (|| פַּלְגֵישָֽֿׁמֶן ׃ צוּר יָצוּק).

**On mode of making lebben, by shaking milk in sour milk-skin, see Doughty^{Arab. Des. i. 221, 263; ii. 304, etc.} Thomson^{Land and Book ii. 418} See also ARSK^{Ency. Bib. MILK}.

חֵמָה wrath, see below יחם; חֵמָה Job 29:6, see חֶמְאָה; חַמָּה, חַמָּן, חַמּוֺן, חַמַּת see below חמם. below

6 occurrences

Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), II Samuel (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (2)