זֶפֶת zepheth

Meaning

asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)

In the King James Version: pitch.

Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to liquify);

Where it is used

• Exodus 2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
• Isaiah 34:9 Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.