חֵמֶתchêmeth
waterskin (Genesis 21:15; Genesis 21:19; Genesis 21:14; Habakkuk 2:5)
Pronunciation: klay'-meth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2573
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 21:14 So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar’s shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
- Genesis 21:15 When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.
- Genesis 21:19 Then God opened Hagar’s eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink.
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).