חמור

From Proto-Semitic *ḥimār- (“donkey”). Cognate with Arabic حِمَار‎ (ḥimār).

חֲמוֹר • (khamór) m (plural indefinite חֲמוֹרִים‎, feminine counterpart אָתוֹן‎)

1. donkey
   • Exodus 4:20, with Young's Literal Translation:

     ‏וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וַיַּרְכִּבֵם עַל־הַחֲמֹר‎‎

     yayikách moshé et-ishtó v'et-banáv vayarkivém al-hachamór

     and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass

   • Deuteronomy 22:10, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏לֹא־תַחֲרֹשׁ בְּשׁוֹר־וּבַחֲמֹר יַחְדָּו‎

     lo-tacharósh b'shor-uvachamór yachdáv

     Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bechorot 1:2:

     ‏פָּרָה שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין חֲמוֹר, וַחֲמוֹר שֶׁיָּלְדָה כְּמִין סוּס, פָּטוּר מִן הַבְּכוֹרָה‎

     Paráh she-yaldáh k-min ḥamór, va-ḥamór she-yaldah k-min sus, patur min ha-b'khorah.

     A cow that births what looks like a donkey, or a donkey that births what looks like a horse, these are exempt from the firstborn offering.

2. jackass (foolish person)

• אתון‎ ('atón, “jenny, female donkey”)

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חָמוּר • (khamur) (feminine חֲמוּרָה‎, masculine plural חֲמוּרִים‎, feminine plural חֲמוּרוֹת‎)

1. severe, grave, serious, critical, drastic.

• “חמור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• חמור‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

From Hebrew חמור‎.

חמור • (khamer) m, plural חמורים‎ (khamoyrim)

1. (derogatory) donkey, jackass, fool