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# פֶּחָם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6352

**coal** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

coal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6352/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֶּחָם: coal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6352/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] coal (coll.); abs. פ׳, as inflammable, פ׳ לְגֶחָלִים Pr 26:21 (charcoal for embers, Toy); of glowing coal Is 44:12, אֵשׁ פ׳ 54:16; ψ 11:6 for MT פַּחִ֑ים אֵשׁ read פַּחַם אֵשׁ (or פַּחֲמֵי) coals of fire (‖ גָּפְרִית), so Ew al.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: charcoal (2); of charcoal (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 26:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.21/#tree)

פֶּחָ֣ם לְ֭גֶחָלִים וְעֵצִ֣ים לְאֵ֑שׁ וְאִ֥ישׁ מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים לְחַרְחַר־רִֽיב׃פ

*Word for word:* charcoal to burning.coals and wood(s) to fire and a.person of.contentions to kindling strife

*JPS 1917:* As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

[Isaiah 54:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.16/#tree)

הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ בָּרָ֣אתִי חָרָ֔שׁ נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ פֶּחָ֔ם וּמוֹצִ֥יא כְלִ֖י לְמַעֲשֵׂ֑הוּ וְאָנֹכִ֛י בָּרָ֥אתִי מַשְׁחִ֖ית לְחַבֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* here! I I.created a.craftsman \[who\].blows on a.fire of.charcoal and.\[who\] produces a.weapon for work its and I I.created a.destroyer to ruin

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6352.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6352/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).