Lexical Definition

‎הַרְמוֹן‎ harmôwn (har-mone') Harmon ^N:N--L
from the same as ‎הֹרָם‎

palace.

• § Harmon = "high fortress"
• a castle (from its height)

1) a place, site unknown

Extended Information

• a place

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎הַרְמוֺן‎] noun masculine meaning dubious; text perhaps corrupt; only Amos 4:3 ‎וְהִשְׁלַכְתֶּנָֿה הַהַרְמ֫וֺנָה‎ and ye shall cast them (your ‎אחרית‎, posterity, AE; Hi RV cast [yourselves], but read rather with Vrss as passive ‎׳‎‎וְהָשְׁל‎ shall be cast) into Harmon; if text be sound, some locality must be meant, though the nature of the allusion is lost (AV, into the palace, treats ‎הרמון‎ improbable as = ‎ארמון‎). ᵑ7 ᵑ6 have mountain
(s) of Armenia (‎הַר מוֺנָה‎), Symm Armenia, compare Lag^{Ges. Abh. 172}, Hoffm^{ZAW iii. 1882, 102, of exile}; Hi-St for ‎׳‎‎ה‎ read ‎הֲדַדְרִמּוֺנָה‎ to Hadadrimmon, proper name, of a location in plain of Jezreel, so Gunning; ᵐ5 εἰς τὸ ὄρος τὸ Ῥομμαν, whence Ew ingeniously ‎ההר רמונה‎ and ye shall cast Rimmonah (name of idol, supposed feminine of Rimmon 2Kgs 5:18) to the mountains. ‎הָרַמִּים‎ see ‎אֲרַמִּי‎ above

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Harmon • A place mentioned in Amos's prophecy against Israel.

Harmon is a place mentioned in Amos's prophecy, possibly referring to the destination of the exiled Israelites (Amos 4:3).

• A location near Samaria שֹׁמְרוֹן only mentioned at Amo.4.3;
• only referred to as Harmon הַרְמוֹן.
  

Harmon is a place name that appears only once in the Bible, in the book of Amos. In Amos 4:3, the prophet declares judgment upon the wealthy women of Samaria, saying, "You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon." The exact location and meaning of Harmon are uncertain, as the name is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible or in other ancient Near Eastern sources. Some scholars suggest that Harmon may refer to a place of exile or captivity, possibly in Assyria or Armenia, where the Israelites would be taken as a result of God's judgment. Others propose that it could be a symbolic name representing the fate of the exiled Israelites. The context of the passage suggests that Harmon is a place of punishment and humiliation for the proud and oppressive women of Samaria, who would be driven out of their city and cast into a foreign land. Amos's prophecy serves as a warning against the social injustice and religious unfaithfulness that characterized Israel during his time.

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