H2495 - חַלָּמוּת (challâmûwth)

H2495 חַלָּמוּת (challâmûwth) khal-law-mooth'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 2492 (in the sense of insipidity); probably purslain

KJV Usage: egg

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חַלָּמוּת (chal.la.mut) — mallow. purslane, a tasteless plant with thick slimy juice

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חַלָּמוּת (H2495)

noun f · חלם

Plants

juice of purslane / mallows = either: purslane, a plant with a thick slimy juice, or: mallow, a bushy shrub with oval leaves, of which the buds and the young leaves are edible; ◄ |iSuaeda asphaltica |i*or |iAtriplex halimus|i*; ► may serve as food; ≈ regarded as not very tasty

JOB 6:6

noun f · חלם

Food

egg-yolk = the yellow internal part of a bird’s egg, which is rich in protein and fat

JOB 6:6

¹ JOB 6:6 RSV [1] "(slime of) purslane | NJPS NRSV REB [1] "(juice of) mallows | NIV NJB GNT CEV [2] "(white of an) egg

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חַלָּמוּת n.f. name of a plant, with thick, slimy juice, purslain, Jb 6:6 ref