King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6352
Transliteration: pecham
Phonetic Spelling: (peh-khawm')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: coal
Meaning: a coal
Word Summary
pecham: coal
Original Word: פֶחָםTransliteration: pecham
Phonetic Spelling: (peh-khawm')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: coal
Meaning: a coal
Strong's Concordance
coals Perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be black; a coal, whether charred or live -- coals.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6352. pecham
מֶּחָם noun [masculine] coal (collective); absolute ׳פ, as inflammable, ׳פ לְגֶחָלִים Proverbs 26:21 (charcoal for embers, Toy); of glowing coal Isaiah 44:12, פ ׳אֵשׁ 54:16; Psalm 11:6 for אֵשׁ מַּחִ֑ים ᵑ0 read אֵשׁ מַּחַם (or מַּחֲמֵי) coals of fire ("" גָּפְרִית), so Ew and others
פחת (√ of following; compare Arabic cut off, VII. be perforated (of roof); Syriac Pa`el pierce, break through, pit, chasm; Late Hebrew מָּחַת dig, hollow out, also diminish).