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title: יׇקְמְעָם — Jokmeam. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יׇקְמְעָם (3361), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Jokmeam. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יׇקְמְעָם

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«יׇקְמְעָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jokmeam. Compare** — 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:** 3361 · **BDB:** יָקְמְעָם

### Glosses

Jokmeam (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jokmeam. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3361/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3361/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (perhaps = יְקָמְעָם i.e. יָ֫קָם עָם Ol§ 277 k, 3; = let the people be established? cf. GrayProp. N. 218);—in N. Isr. 1 K 4:12, Λουκαμ, 𝔊L Ουκαμ; poss. = mod. Tel Ḳaimûn, N. of Megiddo, BuhlGeogr. 210; city of refuge in Ephr. 1 Ch 6:53 (= קִבְצַיִם \[q.v.\] Jos 21:22), Ικααμ, Ιεκμααν, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «יׇקְמְעָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3361/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.53/)

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וְאֶֽת־יָקְמְעָם֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית חוֹר֖וֹן בֵּ֥ית חוֹר֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Jokmeam and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Beth Horon and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* and Jokmeam with the open land about it, and Bethhoron with the open land about it;

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[1 Kings 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.12/)

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בַּֽעֲנָא֙ בֶּן־אֲחִיל֔וּד תַּעְנַ֖ךְ וּמְגִדּ֑וֹ וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית שְׁאָ֡ן בֵּ֣ית שְׁאָ֡ן אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵ֨צֶל צָרְתַ֜נָה מִתַּ֣חַת לְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִבֵּ֤ית שְׁאָן֙ בֵּ֤ית שְׁאָן֙ עַ֚ד אָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה אָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה עַ֖ד מֵעֵ֥בֶר לְיָקְמֳעָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* Baana the.son of.Ahilud Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth Shan which \[is\].beside (to) Zarethan from under to Jezreel from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah to from.\[the\] other.side of Jokmeam

*JPS 1917:* Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;

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