Strong's Hebrew #2564 - חֵמָר chemar (bitumen)

slimepit

From chamar; bitumen (as rising to the surface) -- slime(-pit).

see HEBREW chamar

1) slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2560
Same Word by TWOT Number: 683b

חֵמָר noun [masculine] bitumen, asphalt (from I. חמר according to OBlau^{ZMG 1869, 279, bitumen as} seething, swelling up; Thes MV, from IV. חמר, with reference to reddish-brown colour) — חֵמָר Genesis 11:3 2t.; used for cement in building Babel Genesis 11:3 (J); abounding in vale of Siddim ׳בֶּאֱרֹת בֶּאֱרֹת ח Genesis 14:10; used in coating Moses' 'ark' of bulrushes Exodus 2:3 (E; "" זָ֑פֶת).

Strong's Hebrew: 2564. חֵמָר (chemar) — 3 Occurrences

Genesis 11:3
HEB: הַלְּבֵנָה֙ לְאָ֔בֶן וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר הָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם
NAS: and they used tar for mortar.
KJV: for stone, and slime had
INT: brick stone tar used mortar

Genesis 14:10
HEB: בֶּֽאֱרֹ֤ת בֶּאֱרֹת֙ חֵמָ֔ר וַיָּנֻ֛סוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־
NAS: of Siddim was full of tar pits;
INT: pits pits of tar fled and the kings

Exodus 2:3
HEB: גֹּ֔מֶא וַתַּחְמְרָ֥ה בַחֵמָ֖ר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת וַתָּ֤שֶׂם
NAS: and covered it over with tar and pitch.
KJV: and daubed it with slime and with pitch,
INT: A wicker and covered tar and pitch put