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Strongs H2564

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חֵמָר (chêmâr) n-m (khay-mawr')
Source: from H2560;
Meaning: bitumen (as rising to the surface)
KJV: slime(-pit).

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

h.do.ac

חֵמָר n.[m.] bitumen, asphalt

Appears in a total of 3 verses:

GEN 11:3

OET-LV: 3 And_they_said each to his/its_neighbour come_NOW let_us_make_bricks bricks and_let_us_burn to_burning and_it_became to/for_them the_brick to_stone and_the_bitumen it_became to/for_them to_mortar. (GEN_11:3)

OET-RV: 3 Then they said to each other, “Come on, let’s make bricks and cure them with fire.” So they had bricks instead of stones, and they had tar for mortar. (GEN 11:3)

EXO 2:3

OET-LV: 3 And_not she_was_able still to_hide_him and_she_took to_him/it a_basket_of papyrus and_she_sealed_it with_bitumen and_with_pitch and_she_put in_it DOM the_child and_she_put_it among_rush[es] at the_bank_of the_River. (EXO_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 but then she wasn’t able to hide him any longer. So she got a basket made from woven reeds and plastered it with bitumen and pitch. Then she put the baby in it, and floated the basket in the reeds along the riverbank, (EXO 2:3)

GEN 14:10

OET-LV: 10 And_the_valley_of (the)_Siddim was_pits_of pits_of bitumen and_ the_king_of _they_fled of_Şədom and_Amorah and_they_fell to_(to) and_those_who_survived the_hill_country_to they_fled. (GEN_14:10)

OET-RV: 10 Now the Siddim Valley had many tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Amorah (Gomorrah) fled, they fell into the pits, but the rest fled up into the hills. (GEN 14:10)

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