( Genesis 11:3 ; LXX., "asphalt;" RSV marg., "bitumen"). The vale of Siddim was full of slime pits ( 14:10 ). Jochebed daubed the "ark of bulrushes" with slime ( Exodus 2:3 ). (See PITCH .)

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.