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peḥām פֶּחָם ‘coal’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: perhaps from an unused root probably meaning to be black

peḥām n, m
1) coal, charcoal, ember

Mentioned in Isaiah 44:12, 54:16 Proverbs 26:21

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