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חְמַר חַמְרָא‏ n.m. wine

wine Com. Dan5:1 : חַמְרָא שָׁתֵה‏ . GenApoc 12.13 : ונצבת כרם רב בלובר טורא ולשנין ארבע עבד לי חמר‏ I planted a large vineyard in Mt. Lubar and it produced wine for me after four years. GT FF Gen50:1 : תַמָן שַפְכִין חַמְרָנִיין רֵיחֶנִין וְמוֹקְדִין תַמָן בִי֯[שמנין] טָבְין‏ there they pour different kinds of perfumed wine and there they burn various pleasant sp[ices]. TgEsth² 7:2(0) : במשקיא דחמרא‏ under the influence of wine.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 207a; DJBA: 470b; Jastrow: 480; Tal Sam: 280; DNWSI: 383; Cook,Qumran: 87;

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Derivatives:

ḥmr vb. to become wine or bitumen colored

ḥmr vb. DNS to ruin