חֹמֶר (ḥōmer) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning heap. It appears
31 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2563).
Also rendered
homer
cement
clay
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 683c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 683c)cement, mortar, clay; bubbling, wave, mire, heap, chomer; homer, motion
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חֹ֫מֶרnoun, masculine: cement, mortar, clay
Strong's H2563חֹמֶר: properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure KJV:clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
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 683: חָמַרḥāmar — ferment, boil, foam up; great waters foamed, let its waters roar and foam; glow, smear; daub, befoul, be red, trouble