slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H2564 — חֵמָר
che.mar · bitumen · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 11:3 · וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔רThey said one to another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.Genesis 14:10 · חֵמָ֔רNow the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.Exodus 2:3 · בַחֵמָ֖רWhen she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.