Brown-Driver-Briggs   מֶּחָם  noun [masculine] coal (collective); absolute ׳פ, as inflammable, לְגֶחָלִים ׳פ Proverbs 26:21 (charcoal for embers, Toy); of glowing coal Isaiah 44:12, ׳אֵשׁ פ Isaiah 54:16; Psalm 11:6 for ᵑ0 מַּחִ֑ים אֵשׁ read מַּחַם אֵשׁ (or מַּחֲמֵי) coals of fire ("" גָּפְרִית), so Ew and others פחת (√ of following; compare Arabic  Forms and Transliterations בַּפֶּחָ֔ם בפחם פֶּחָ֔ם פֶּחָ֣ם פחם bap·pe·ḥām bappeCham bappeḥām pe·ḥām peCham peḥāmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts | 
 cut off, VII. be perforated (of roof); Syriac 
 Pa`el pierce, break through, 
 pit, chasm; Late Hebrew מָּחַת dig, hollow out, also diminish). 


