H2203. zepheth
זֶ֫פֶת noun feminine[Isa 34:9] pitch (compare on formative Ol§ 164 c) Sta§ 187 a. Word is Armenian according to LagArm. Stud. 1351, BN 219; on Egyptian derivatives compare CookSpeaker's Comm. i. 484; Arabic according to Frä151, if Shemitic, is Aramaic loan-word; see also Ethiopic Di1068) — pitch: — וּבַזָּ֑פֶת בַחֵמָר וַתַּחְמְרָה [Exod 2:3] of ark of bulrushes; [Isa 34:9] a לְגָפְרִ֑ית וַעֲפָרָהּ לְזֶפֶת נְחָלֶיהָ וְנֶחֶפְכוּ, [34:9] b בֹּעֵרָֽה׃ לְזֶפֶת אַרְצָהּ והיתה.