זֶפֶת

זֶ֫פֶת noun feminine^{Es 34,9} pitch (compare on formative Ol^{§ 164 c}) Sta^{§ 187 a. Word is Armenian according to} Lag^{Arm. Stud. 1351, BN 219}; on Egyptian derivatives compare Cook^{Speaker's Comm. i. 484}; Arabic according to Frä¹⁵¹, if Shemitic, is Aramaic loan-word; see also Ethiopic Di¹⁰⁶⁸) — pitch: — וַתַּחְמְרָה בַחֵמָר וּבַזָּ֑פֶת 2 Mos 2,3 of ark of bulrushes; Es 34,9 a וְנֶחֶפְכוּ נְחָלֶיהָ לְזֶפֶת וַעֲפָרָהּ לְגָפְרִ֑ית, vEs 34,9 b והיתה אַרְצָהּ לְזֶפֶת בֹּעֵרָֽה׃.