Strong's Hebrew #4260 - מַחֲמָאָה machamaah (smoother than butter)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance than butter A denominative from chem'ah; something buttery (i.e. Unctuous and pleasant), as (figuratively) flattery -- X than butter. see HEBREW chem'ah Englishman's Concordance 1) curd-like, smooth, unctuous, hypocritical 1a) words of flattery (figuratively) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a denominative from H2529 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1182 Brown-Driver-Briggs מַחֲמָאֹת noun feminine plural curd-like things = smooth, hypocritical, words, only construct מִּיו ׳חָֽלְקוּ מ Psalm 55:22 smooth are the butter-words of his mouth (EW De Hup), but read probably (חלק(ו) מֵחֲמָאֹת פיו (פניוׅ) his mouth (face) is smoother than curds (Vrss Ki Thes Ol Che Bae We Du [מֵחֶמְאָה]). מַחֲמָאֹת noun feminine plural only (apparently construct) מִּיו חָֽלְקוּ ׳מ Psalm 55:22, according to Ew De Hup = curd-like (i.e. smooth, hypocritical) words, smooth are the butter-words of his mouth; but read probably (פניו) מִּיו (or מֵחֶמְאָה) חלק(ו) מֵחֲמָאֹת his face is smoother thm curds (Vrss Ki Thes Ol Che Bae We). Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 4260. מַחְמָאֹת (machamaah) — 1 OccurrencePsalm 55:21 |