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title: חֹרֹונָיִם — Horonaim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹרֹונָיִם (2773), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Horonaim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹרֹונָיִם

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«חֹרֹונָיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Horonaim** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2773 · **BDB:** חֹרוֹנַיִם

### Glosses

Horonaim (2); of.Horonaim (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Horonaim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2773/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2773/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (poss. two hollows, caves, ravines, v. בֵּית חוֹרֹן)—דֶּרֶךְ חרונים Is 15:5 Je 48:3, מוֹרַד חֹרוֹנָ֑יִם Je 48:5, חֹרֹנַיִם 48:34, city of Moab; = MI31.32 חורנן (i.e. prob. הוֹרֹנֵן); 𝔊 Αρωνιειμ, Ωρωναιμ.—On חֹרֹנַיִם 𝔊 Jos 13:10, 11 2 S 13:34 v. We Dr and בֵּית חוֹרֹן.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹרֹונָיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2773/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 48:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.3/)

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ק֥וֹל צְעָקָ֖ה מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִם שֹׁ֖ד וָשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].sound of.a.cry.of.distress from Horonaim devastation and destruction great

*JPS 1917:* Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!

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[Jeremiah 48:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.5/)

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כִּ֚י מַעֲלֵ֣ה הַלּוּחִ֔יתבִּבְכִ֖י יַֽעֲלֶה־בֶּ֑כִי כִּ֚י בְּמוֹרַ֣ד חוֹרֹנַ֔יִם צָרֵ֥י צַֽעֲקַת־שֶׁ֖בֶר שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.ascent of.(the) Luhith with weeping someone.will.ascend weeping (dm) on the.descent of.Horonaim \[the\].distresses of.the.cry.of.distress of.destruction people.will.hear

*JPS 1917:* For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Horonaim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction.

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