חֵמֶת
ḥēmet
waterskin
Strong's H2573NounHebrewTWOT 689a

חֵמֶת (ḥēmet) is a Hebrew noun meaning waterskin. It appears 4 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2573).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 689a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 689a)waterskin; skin bottle; bottle
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֵ֫מֶת noun, masculine: waterskin

Strong's H2573 חֵמֶת: a skin bottle (as tied up)
KJV:bottle.

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 689: חמת ḥmt — grow rancid, putrid

See it in Scripture

Genesis 21:14Habakkuk 2:15

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