I. חֲמוֺר noun [masculine] heap, absolute ׳ח with dual חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם (Baer ׳חְִמֹרֹת), as if from חֲמֹרָה; — בִּלְחִי הַחֲמוֺר חֲמוֺר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם Judges 15:16 with the ass's jawbone, a heap, two heaps, i.e. so many slain.

חֲמֹרֹתָ֑יִם see I. חֲמוֺר. above

II. חֲמוֺר noun masculine^{Genesis 45:23} (he)-ass (Late Hebrew id. (sometimes female, but this regularly חֲמוֺרָה); Aramaic הֲמָרָא Arabic , Palmyrene חמרא Reckend^{ZMG 1888, 404}; as imêru, Schr^{Cot Gloss}; — name from reddish colour) — absolute חֲמוֺר Genesis 22:5 43t.; חֲמֹר Exodus 13:13; Deuteronomy 22:10; construct חֲמוֺר Exodus 23:5 4t.; הֲמֹר Genesis 49:14; suffix חֲמֹרְךָ Deuteronomy 5:14; Deuteronomy 28:31; חֲמֹרֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:12; חֲמֹרוֺ Genesis 22:3 8t.; plural חֲמוֺרִים Judges 19:10 9t.; חֲמֹרִים Genesis 12:16 16t.; suffix חֲמוֺרֵינוּ Judges 19:19; חֲמֹרֵינוּ Genesis 43:18; חֲמוֺרֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 8:16; חֲמֹרֵיהֶם Genesis 34:28 4t.; חֲמוֺרֵיהֶם Joshua 9:4; — ass (he-ass; אתון = she-ass) found in all periods (collective only Genesis 32:6; Isaiah 21:7); —

1 as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc. Genesis 12:16; Genesis 24:35; Genesis 30:48; Genesis 47:17; Exodus 9:3 (all J) Exodus 20:17 (E), Exodus 21:33; Exodus 22:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:9; Exodus 23:4,5,12; Numbers 16:15; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 7:24 (all J E); note also Exodus 13:13 = Exodus 34:20 (J E; firstlings belong to ׳י); Genesis 36:24; Numbers 31:28,30,34,39,45 (all P); Deuteronomy 5:14,18; Deuteronomy 22:3,4; Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 8:16; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezra 2:67 = Nehemiah 7:68 (Baer), Zechariah 14:15; collective Genesis 32:5 (J; "" שׁוֺר), צאֹן, עֶבֶד, שִׁפְחָה, but plural (similar "") Genesis 34:28 (P), Genesis 47:17 (J); compare also יְתוֺמִים ׳ח Job 24:3 the orphans' ass ("" שׁוֺר אַלְמָנָה); as knowing its master's crib Isaiah 1:3 ("" שׁוֺר); found in camp 2 Kings 7:7,10 (both "" סוּסִים); as harnessed ׳מֶתֶג לַה Proverbs 26:3 ("" סוּס).

2 used for riding :

a. by women Exodus 4:20 (J), Joshua 15:18 (JE) = Judges 1:14; 1 Samuel 25:20,23,42, compare 2Chronicles 28:15.

b. by men 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 19:27; 1 Kings 2:40; 1 Kings 13:13 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:23,24,27,28 (twice in verse); Isaiah 21:7; Zechariah 9:9.

c. צֶמֶד חמורים a pair of asses 2 Samuel 16:1 (for burdens and for riding); for man and woman Judges 19:3,10,19,21; carrying dead body Judges 19:28, compare ׳ח 1 Kings 13:29.

3 beast of burden Genesis 22:3,5 (compare Genesis 22:6), Genesis 42:26,27; Genesis 45:23 (all E) Genesis 43:18,24; Genesis 44:3,13 (all J), Joshua 9:4 (JE), 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:41; Nehemiah 13:15(compare also ׳צֶמֶד ח 2 Samuel 16:1 above); metaphor of Issachar נָּ֑רֶם ׳ח Genesis 49:14 (poem), an ass of (strong) bones. — לֶחֶם ׳ח 1 Samuel 16:20 read probably חֲמִשָּׁה five, or better עֲשָׂרָה ten, see We Dr.

4 used in tillage Isaiah 32:20; not to be used in ploughing with an ox (שׁוֺר) Deuteronomy 22:10.

5 parts of body of ass mentioned are: ׳לְחִי ח Judges 15:15,16 jawbone, Samson's weapon; ׳ראֹשׁ ח 2 Kings 6:25 eaten in famine; ׳בְּשַׂר ה Ezekiel 23:20 Genital organ of ass (contemptuous simile)

6 ׳קְבוּרַת ה Jeremiah 22:19 burial of an ass, in figure of ignominious treatment of a corpse.



he-ass

Or (shortened) chamor {kham-ore}; from chamar; a male ass (from its dun red) -- (he)ass.

see HEBREW chamar

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