H2543. chamor

I. חֲמוֺר‎ noun [masculine] heap, absolute ׳ח‎ with dual חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם‎ (Baer ׳חְִמֹרֹת‎), as if from חֲמֹרָה‎; — חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם חֲמוֺר הַחֲמוֺר בִּלְחִי‎ Judges 15:16 with the ass's jawbone, a heap, two heaps, i.e. so many slain.

חֲמֹרֹתָ֑יִם‎ see I. חֲמוֺר‎. above

II. חֲמוֺר‎ noun masculine^{Genesis 45:23} (he)-ass (Late Hebrew id. (sometimes female, but this regularly חֲמוֺרָה‎); Aramaic הֲמָרָא‎ Arabic , Palmyrene חמרא‎ Reckend^{ZMG 1888, 404}; as imêru, Schr^{Cot Gloss}; — name from reddish colour) — absolute חֲמוֺר‎ 22:5 43t.; חֲמֹר‎ Exodus 13:13; Deuteronomy 22:10; construct חֲמוֺר‎ Exodus 23:5 4t.; הֲמֹר‎ Genesis 49:14; suffix חֲמֹרְךָ‎ Deuteronomy 5:14; 28:31; חֲמֹרֶ֑ךָ‎ Exodus 23:12; חֲמֹרוֺ‎ Genesis 22:3 8t.; plural חֲמוֺרִים‎ Judges 19:10 9t.; חֲמֹרִים‎ Genesis 12:16 16t.; suffix חֲמוֺרֵינוּ‎ Judges 19:19; חֲמֹרֵינוּ‎ Genesis 43:18; חֲמוֺרֵיכֶם‎ 1 Samuel 8:16; חֲמֹרֵיהֶם‎ Genesis 34:28 4t.; חֲמוֺרֵיהֶם‎ Joshua 9:4; — ass (he-ass; אתון‎ = she-ass) found in all periods (collective only Genesis 32:6; Isaiah 21:7); —

1 as (valuable) property, with oxen, sheep, camels, slaves, etc. Genesis 12:16; 24:35; Genesis 30:48; 47:17; Exodus 9:3 (all J) 20:17 (E), 21:33; 22:8 (twice in verse); 22:9; 23:4-5, 12; Numbers 16:15; Joshua 6:21; 7:24 (all J E); note also Exodus 13:13 = 34:20 (J E; firstlings belong to ׳י‎); Genesis 36:24; Numbers 31:28, 30, 34, 39, 45 (all P); Deuteronomy 5:14, 18; 22:3-4, Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 8:16; 12:3; 15:3; 22:19; 27:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezra 2:67 = Nehemiah 7:68 (Baer), Zechariah 14:15; collective Genesis 32:5 (J; "" שׁוֺר‎), שִׁפְחָה עֶבֶד, צאֹן,‎, but plural (similar "") 34:28 (P), 47:17 (J); compare also ׳ח יְתוֺמִים‎ Job 24:3 the orphans' ass ("" אַלְמָנָה שׁוֺר‎); as knowing its master's crib Isaiah 1:3 ("" שׁוֺר‎); found in camp 2 Kings 7:7, 10 (both "" סוּסִים‎); as harnessed לַה ׳מֶתֶג‎ Proverbs 26:3 ("" סוּס‎).

2 used for riding :

a. by women Exodus 4:20 (J), Joshua 15:18 (JE) = Judges 1:14; 1 Samuel 25:20, 23, 42, compare 2 Chronicles 28:15.

b. by men 2 Samuel 16:2; 17:23; 19:27; 1 Kings 2:40; 13:13 (twice in verse); 13:23-24, 27, 28 (twice in verse); Isaiah 21:7; Zechariah 9:9.

c. חמורים צֶמֶד‎ a pair of asses 2 Samuel 16:1 (for burdens and for riding); for man and woman Judges 19:3, 10, 19, 21; carrying dead body 19:28, compare ׳ח‎ 1 Kings 13:29.

3 beast of burden Genesis 22:3, 5 (compare 22:6), 42:26-27, 45:23 (all E) 43:18, 24; 44:3, 13 (all J), Joshua 9:4 (JE), 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:41; Nehemiah 13:15(compare also ח ׳צֶמֶד‎ 2 Samuel 16:1 above); metaphor of Issachar ׳ח נָּ֑רֶם‎ Genesis 49:14 (poem), an ass of (strong) bones. — ׳ח לֶחֶם‎ 1 Samuel 16:20 read probably חֲמִשָּׁה‎ five, or better עֲשָׂרָה‎ ten, see We Dr.

4 used in tillage Isaiah 32:20; not to be used in ploughing with an ox (שׁוֺר‎) Deuteronomy 22:10.

5 parts of body of ass mentioned are: ח ׳לְחִי‎ Judges 15:15-16, jawbone, Samson's weapon; ח ׳ראֹשׁ‎ 2 Kings 6:25 eaten in famine; ה ׳בְּשַׂר‎ Ezekiel 23:20 Genital organ of ass (contemptuous simile)

6 ה ׳קְבוּרַת‎ Jeremiah 22:19 burial of an ass, in figure of ignominious treatment of a corpse.