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title: חׇרְמָה — Hormah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חׇרְמָה (2767), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Hormah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חׇרְמָה

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«חׇרְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hormah** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 2767 · **BDB:** חָרְמָה

### Glosses

Hormah (8); of.Hormah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hormah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2767/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2767/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (asylum, cf. Arabic id., WetzstZKW v. 1884, 115)—a royal city of Canaanites, in the South, in tribe of Simeon Nu 14:45 (JE; art. only here v. Di), 21:3 (J) where name expl. from Israel’s devoting Canaanites of Arad to destruction; Jos 15:30; 19:4 (P), Dt 1:44 Jos 12:14 (D), 1 S 30:30 1 Ch 4:30; originally called צְפַת Ju 1:17, where name is said to have been changed to Ḥormah because Judah and Simeon (after death of Joshua) devoted its inhabitants to destruction, v. Di Nu 21:3.—On site v. צְפַת.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חׇרְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2767/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.14/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ חָרְמָה֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ עֲרָ֖ד אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Hormah one the.king of.Arad one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

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[Joshua 15:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.30/)

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וְאֶלְתּוֹלַ֥ד וּכְסִ֖יל וְחָרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Eltolad and Kesil and Hormah

*JPS 1917:* and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah;

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