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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - חֲמָת

חֲמָת

H2574

Transliteration: Chămâth

Pronunciation: kham-awth'

Definition: Hamath


Original: חמת

Transliteration: chămâth

Phonetic: kham-awth'

BDB Definition:

Hamath = "fortress"
  1. the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes (noun proper locative)
  2. father of the house of Rechab (noun proper masculine)

Origin: from the same as H2346" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2346

TWOT entry: None

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