II. חֲמוֺר noun masculine[Gen 45:23] (he)-ass (Late Hebrew id. (sometimes female, but this regularly חֲמוֺרָה); Aramaic הֲמָרָא Arabic , Palmyrene חמרא ReckendZMG 1888, 404; as imêru, SchrCot Gloss; — name from reddish colour) — absolute חֲמוֺר [Gen 22:5] + 43 t.; חֲמֹר [Exod 13:13]; [Deut 22:10] construct חֲמוֺר [Exod 23:5] + 4 t.; הֲמֹר [Gen 49:14] suffix חֲמֹרְךָ [Deut 5:14]; [Deut 28:31] חֲמֹרֶ֑ךָ [Exod 23:12] חֲמֹרוֺ [Gen 22:3] + 8 t.; plural חֲמוֺרִים [Judg 19:10] + 9 t.; חֲמֹרִים [Gen 12:16] + 16 t.; suffix חֲמוֺרֵינוּ [Judg 19:19] חֲמֹרֵינוּ [Gen 43:18] חֲמוֺרֵיכֶם [1Sam 8:16] חֲמֹרֵיהֶם [Gen 34:28] + 4 t.; חֲמוֺרֵיהֶם [Josh 9:4] — ass (he-ass; אתון = she-ass) found in all periods (collective only [Gen 32:6]; [Isa 21:7]); —
1. as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc. [Gen 12:16]; [Gen 24:35]; [Gen 30:48]; [Gen 47:17]; [Exod 9:3] (all J) [Exod 20:17] (E), [Exod 21:33]; [Exod 22:8] (twice in verse); [Exod 22:9]; [Exod 23:4]; [Exod 23:5]; [Exod 23:12]; [Num 16:15]; [Josh 6:21]; [Josh 7:24] (all J E); note also [Exod 13:13] = [Exod 34:20] (J E; firstlings belong to ׳י); [Gen 36:24]; [Num 31:28]; [Num 31:30]; [Num 31:34]; [Num 31:39]; [Num 31:45] (all P); [Deut 5:14]; [Deut 5:18]; [Deut 22:3]; [Deut 22:4]; [Judg 6:4]; [1Sam 8:16]; [1Sam 12:3]; [1Sam 15:3]; [1Sam 22:19]; [1Sam 27:9]; [1Chr 5:21]; [Ezra 2:67] = [Neh 7:68] (Baer), [Zech 14:15] collective [Gen 32:5] (J; || שׁוֺר), צאֹן, עֶבֶד, שִׁפְחָה, but plural (similar ||) [Gen 34:28] (P), [Gen 47:17] (J); compare also יְתוֺמִים ׳ח [Job 24:3] the orphans' ass (|| שׁוֺר אַלְמָנָה); as knowing its master's crib [Isa 1:3] (|| שׁוֺר); found in camp [2Kgs 7:7]; [2Kgs 7:10] (both || סוּסִים); as harnessed ׳מֶתֶג לַה [Prov 26:3] (|| סוּס).
2. used for riding :
\ \ a. by women [Exod 4:20] (J), [Josh 15:18] (JE) = [Judg 1:14]; [1Sam 25:20]; [1Sam 25:23]; [1Sam 25:42], compare [2Chr 28:15].
\ \ b. by men [2Sam 16:2]; [2Sam 17:23]; [2Sam 19:27]; [1Kgs 2:40]; [1Kgs 13:13] (twice in verse); [1Kgs 13:23]; [1Kgs 13:24]; [1Kgs 13:27]; [1Kgs 13:28] (twice in verse); [Isa 21:7]; [Zech 9:9].
\ \ c. צֶמֶד חמורים a pair of asses [2Sam 16:1] (for burdens and for riding); for man and woman [Judg 19:3]; [Judg 19:10]; [Judg 19:19]; [Judg 19:21] carrying dead body v[Judg 19:28], compare ׳ח [1Kgs 13:29].
3. beast of burden [Gen 22:3]; [Gen 22:5] (compare v[Gen 22:6]), [Gen 42:26]; [Gen 42:27]; [Gen 45:23] (all E) [Gen 43:18]; [Gen 43:24]; [Gen 44:3]; [Gen 44:13] (all J), [Josh 9:4] (JE), [1Sam 25:18]; [1Chr 12:41]; [Neh 13:15](compare also ׳צֶמֶד ח [2Sam 16:1] above); metaphor of Issachar נָּ֑רֶם ׳ח [Gen 49:14] (poem), an ass of (strong) bones. — לֶחֶם ׳ח [1Sam 16:20] read probably חֲמִשָּׁה five, or better עֲשָׂרָה ten, see We Dr.
4. used in tillage [Isa 32:20] not to be used in ploughing with an ox (שׁוֺר) [Deut 22:10].
5. parts of body of ass mentioned are: ׳לְחִי ח [Judg 15:15]; [Judg 15:16] jawbone, Samson's weapon; ׳ראֹשׁ ח [2Kgs 6:25] eaten in famine; ׳בְּשַׂר ה [Ezek 23:20] genital organ of ass (contemptuous simile)
6. ׳קְבוּרַת ה [Jer 22:19] burial of an ass, in figure of ignominious treatment of a corpse.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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