חָמַר (ḥāmar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning ferment. It appears
7 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2560).
Also rendered
be red
to aggitate
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 685)
Range of meaning (TWOT 685)be red; boil, ferment, glow, smear; daub, befoul, trouble
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חמרverb: be red
Strong's H2560חָמַר: properly, to boil up; hence, to ferment (with scum); to glow (with redness); to smear with pitch KJV:daub, befoul, be red, trouble.
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.