Lexical Definition

‎זֶפֶת‎ zepheth (zeh'-feth) pitch ^H:N-F
from an unused root (meaning to liquify)

pitch.

• asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)

1) pitch, tar, asphalt

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זֶ֫פֶת‎ noun feminine^{Isa 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 Exod 2:3 of ark of bulrushes; Isa 34:9 a ‎וְנֶחֶפְכוּ נְחָלֶיהָ לְזֶפֶת וַעֲפָרָהּ לְגָפְרִ֑ית‎, vIsa 34:9 b ‎והיתה אַרְצָהּ לְזֶפֶת בֹּעֵרָֽה׃‎.

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