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title: חַמּוֹן — Hammon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַמּוֹן (2540), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Hammon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַמּוֹן

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«חַמּוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hammon** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2540 · **BDB:** חַמּוֹן

### Glosses

Hammon (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hammon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2540/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2540/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (hot spring?)— town in Asher Jos 19:28. in Naphtali 1 Ch 6:61 (perhaps = 1. חַמַּת, חַמַּת דֹּאר, v. Be and Di Jos 19:35).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַמּוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2540/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.28/)

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וְעֶבְרֹ֥ן וּרְחֹ֖ב וְחַמּ֣וֹן וְקָנָ֑ה עַ֖ד צִיד֥וֹן רַבָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah to Sidon great

*JPS 1917:* and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon.

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[1 Chronicles 6:61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.61/)

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וּמִמַּטֵּ֣ה נַפְתָּלִ֗י אֶת־קֶ֤דֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־חַמּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָ וְאֶת־קִרְיָתַ֖יִם וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ס

*Word for word:* and from the.tribe of.Naphtali (et) Kedesh in (the) Galilee and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Hammon and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Kiriathaim and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, and Hammon with the open land about it, and Kiriathaim with the open land about it.

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