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Isaiah 7:15
“Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חֶמְאָהchemʼâh · khem-aw'
H2529 · Hebrew
H2529 · Hebrew
- Definition
- curdled milk or cheese
- Derivation
- or (shortened) חֵמָה; from the same root as H2346 (חוֹמָה);
- KJV renderings
- butter.
- Grammar
- חֶמְאָ֥ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:8Deuteronomy 32:14Judges 5:252 Samuel 17:29Job 20:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֶמְאָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.