(Gen. 11:3; LXX., "asphalt;" R.V. marg., "bitumen"). The vale of Siddim was full of slime pits (14:10). Jochebed daubed the "ark of bulrushes" with slime (Ex. 2:3). (See Pitch.)
·vt To smear with slime. II. Slime ·noun <<Bitumen>>. III. Slime ·noun Mud containing metallic ore...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
translated bitumen in the Vulgate. The three instances in which it is mentioned in the Old Testament...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary