cho.mer denotes an earth-based, workable material used for bricks, vessels, and comparisons of human frailty.

The attested uses concern workable earth material: it occurs in brickmaking and construction, in vessels shaped by a potter, and in comparisons that describe people, their bodies, or defenses as fashioned from or like such material.

1. Workable earth material in making and comparison · dominant

   In Exodus 1:14 the APB places it in the Israelites' hard service alongside bricks, while Jeremiah 18:4 describes a vessel being made in a potter's hand. The same material supplies comparisons in Job 10:9, where a person is said to have been made like it, and in Isaiah 45:9, where it is pictured as addressing its maker.

   Exodus 1:14Genesis 11:3Isaiah 45:9Jeremiah 18:4Job 10:9Nahum 3:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the material as “clay,” including in pottery and formation scenes, and uses “mud” in Job 30:19. Its wording cannot establish a separate rendering for every occurrence.