- חָמַר
- חָמַרII (b. h.) (to be hot, 1) to glow, to parch (cmp. כָּמַר). Snh.VII, 2 וחוֹמֶרֶת אתוכ׳ and parches his entrails; (Ar., v. חָמַד). Nif. נֶחְמַר to be parched. Ḥull.III, 3 נפלה לאור ונֶחְמְרוּוכ׳ if the bird fell into fire, and (on examination after slaughtering it was found that) its bowels were affected by inhaling heat (Ar., v. חָמַד). Gen. R. s. 38, end.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.