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פֶּחָםpechâm

coal, (collective) (Proverbs 26:21; Isaiah 44:12; Isaiah 54:16; Psalms 11:6)

Pronunciation: peh-khawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6352

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Proverbs 26:21 A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
  • Isaiah 44:12 The blacksmith stands at his forge to make a sharp tool, pounding and shaping it with all his might. His work makes him hungry and weak. It makes him thirsty and faint.
  • Isaiah 54:16 “I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy.

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).