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Proverbs 26:21
“As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
פֶּחָםpechâm · peh-khawm'
H6352 · Hebrew
H6352 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a coal, whether charred or live
- Derivation
- perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be black;
- KJV renderings
- coals.
- Grammar
- פֶּחָ֣ם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Isaiah 44:12Isaiah 54:16
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 פֶּחָם 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.