Midvash

זֶפֶתzepheth

pitch (Isaiah 34:9; Exodus 2:3)

Pronunciation: zeh'-feth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2203

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.
  • Isaiah 34:9 The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).