King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2529
Transliteration: chemah
Phonetic Spelling: (khem-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: curd
Meaning: curdled milk, cheese
Word Summary
chemah: curd
Original Word: חֶמְאָהTransliteration: chemah
Phonetic Spelling: (khem-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: curd
Meaning: curdled milk, cheese
Strong's Concordance
butter Or (shortened) chemah {khay-maw'}; from the same root as chowmah; curdled milk or cheese -- butter.
see HEBREW chowmah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2529. chemah
חֶמְאָה noun feminine curd; — ׳ח Genesis 18:8 6t.; = חֵמָה Job 29:6; construct חֶמְאַת Deuteronomy 32:14; curd, curdled milk, modern labben ח יוֺצִיא חָלָב ׳מִיץ Proverbs 30:33, elsewhere joined with חָלָב Genesis 18:8(J) Deuteronomy 32:14 (poem; צאֹן וַחֲלֵב בָּקָר חֶמְאַת), Judges 5:25 (where served אַדִּירִים בְּסֵפֶל, see ספל); with דְּבַשׁ 2 Samuel 17:29; Isaiah 7:15, 22 (twice in verse); compare וח דבשׁ ׳נַחֲלֵי figurative of abundance Job 20:17; בְּחֵמָ֑ה חֲלִיכַי בִּרְחֹץ 29:6 ("" יָצוּק צוּר ׃ מַּלְגֵישָֽֿׁמֶן). **On mode of making lebben, by shaking milk in sour milk-skin, see DoughtyArab. Des. i. 221, 263; ii. 304, etc. ThomsonLand and Book ii. 418 See also ARSKEncy. Bib. MILK.