חֲמוֹר
ḥămôr
(he)-ass
Strong's H2543NounHebrewTWOT 685a

חֲמוֹר (ḥămôr) is a Hebrew noun meaning (he)-ass. It appears 96 times in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2543).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 685a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 685a)(he)-ass; ass, red
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֲמוֹר noun, masculine: (he)-ass

Strong's H2543 חֲמוֹר: a male ass (from its dun red)
KJV:(he) ass.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 685: חָמַר ḥāmar — be red; boil, ferment, glow, smear; daub, befoul, trouble

See it in Scripture

Genesis 12:16Exodus 4:20Numbers 31:28

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