חֶמְאָהchemʼâh
curd, curdled milk (Genesis 18:8; Job 29:6; Deuteronomy 32:14; Proverbs 30:33; Judges 5:25)
Pronunciation: khem-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2529
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:8 When the food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men. As they ate, Abraham waited on them in the shade of the trees.
- Deuteronomy 32:14 He fed them yogurt from the herd and milk from the flock, together with the fat of lambs. He gave them choice rams from Bashan, and goats, together with the choicest wheat. You drank the finest wine, made from the juice of grapes.
- Judges 5:25 Sisera asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a bowl fit for nobles, she brought him yogurt.
- 2 Samuel 17:29 honey, butter, sheep, goats, and cheese for David and those who were with him. For they said, “You must all be very hungry and tired and thirsty after your long march through the wilderness.”
- Job 20:17 They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil or rivers of milk and honey.
- Job 29:6 My steps were awash in cream, and the rocks gushed olive oil for me.
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).