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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"- the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes (noun proper locative)
- father of the house of Rechab (noun proper masculine)