Lexical Summary pecham: coal Original Word: פֶחָםTransliteration: pecham Phonetic Spelling: (peh-khawm') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: coal Meaning: a coal Strong's Concordance coals Perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be black; a coal, whether charred or live -- coals. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6352. pecham מֶּחָם noun [masculine] coal (collective); absolute ׳פ, as inflammable, ׳פ לְגֶחָלִים Proverbs 26:21 (charcoal for embers, Toy); of glowing coal Isaiah 44:12, פ ׳אֵשׁ 54:16; Psalm 11:6 for אֵשׁ מַּחִ֑ים ᵑ0 read אֵשׁ מַּחַם (or מַּחֲמֵי) coals of fire ("" גָּפְרִית), so Ew and others פחת (√ of following; compare Arabic cut off, VII. be perforated (of roof); Syriac Pa`el pierce, break through, pit, chasm; Late Hebrew מָּחַת dig, hollow out, also diminish). |
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