# H2564 חֵמָר

חֵמָר (chêmâr), Strong’s H2564: bitumen (as rising to the surface) KJV: slime(-pit).. Occurs 3 times.

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*chêmâr* — bitumen (as rising to the surface)

KJV: slime(-pit).

Derived from [חָמַר châmar](https://besorah.bible/word/H2560) (to boil up)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חֵמָר n.[m.] bitumen, asphalt

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 11:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=3) — They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used…
- [Genesis 14:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=10) — Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and some fell there. Those who…
- [Exodus 2:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=3) — When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put…