Definition
from an unused root (meaning to liquify); asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)
Traditional renderings: pitch.
Traditional renderings: pitch.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Exodus 2:3וּבַזָּ֑פֶת · and pitchBut when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
- Isaiah 34:9לְזֶ֔פֶת · to tar; לְזֶ֖פֶת · pitchEdom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.