חֲמוֹר (cha.mor) means “Hamor” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kham-ore' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
חֲמוֹר · cha.mor · Hamor
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.33.19; father of: Shechem (H7927H) Also named: Emmor (Ἐμμόρ "Hamor" G1697) § Hamor = "he-ass" the Hivite prince of the city of Shechem when Jacob entered Palestine
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the same as H2543 (חֲמוֹר); donkey; Chamor, a Canaanite
KJV glosses: Hamor.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| hamor | 5 |
| of hamor | 4 |
| and his | 1 |
| but hamor | 1 |
| so hamor | 1 |
| to hamor | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and hamor | 4 |
| of hamor | 4 |
| hamor | 3 |
| and unto hamor | 1 |
| hamors | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 12 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
Read word by wordWhen Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
Read word by wordSo Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
Read word by wordBut Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
Read word by wordBut because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
Read word by wordTheir offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
Read word by wordSo Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
Read word by wordAll the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
Read word by wordThey killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
Read word by wordAnd the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
Read word by wordThen Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
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