doÌ‚b: “To daub†always has the meaning “to cover,†“to smear with†in the Scriptures. Ezekiel compares the flatteries of the false prophec to a slight wall covered with whitewash (literally, “spittleâ€). See ; . in “daubed it with slime and with pitch†(Hebrew ותּחמרה, wattahÌ£meraÌ„h, denominative of המר, hÌ£eÌ„maÌ„r, “bitumen†or “asphaltâ€), “to daub†has the same meaning as in the Ezekiel passage.