Lexical Definition

‎חַמַּת‎ Chammath (klam-math') Hammath ^N:N--L
a variation for the first part of ‎חַמֹּת דֹּאר‎; hot springs

Hammath.

• § Hammath = "hot spring"
• Chammath, a place in Palestine

1) one of the fortified cities in the territory allotted to Naphtali

Extended Information

• A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.55
• father of: Rechab (רֵכָב)
• father of the house of Rechab

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: חַמֹּת דֹּאר | חַמּוֹן

I. ‎חַמַּת‎ proper name, of a location (hot spring) — town in Naphtali Josh 19:35 (perhaps = ‎חַמּוֺן‎ 2 see Di); ᵐ5 Ωμαθαδακεθ (= ‎חַמַּת רַקַּת‎), A Αμαθ, ᵐ5^L Αμμαθ; Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 18:2»xviii, 2}. 3 Αμμαθους (ed. Niese), compare Id.^{BJ. «JOSEPHUS:Wars of the Jews 4:1»iv, 1}.3 Guthe^{ZPV 1891, xiii, 284}; probably = Talmud „amata Nbr^{Géogr. du Talm. 207} (with hot springs), 35 minutes south of Tiberias, see Rob^{BR ii, 385} Buhl^{ZPV xiii, 1890, 39 f.} Guthe^l. with GASm^{Geogr, 450} (Furrer^{ZPV ii, 1878, 55; xiii, 1890, 194 ff.} and others say north of Tiberias); see ‎חַמֹּת דּאֹר‎, ‎חַמּוֺן‎ below & above

II. ‎חַמַּת‎ proper name, masculine father of the house of Rechab 1Chr 2:55.

‎חַמַּת‎ proper name, of a location see below ‎חמם‎. ‎חֵן‎, ‎חֵנָדָד‎, ‎חַנָּה‎ see below ‎חנן‎.

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Profile

Male • Father of Rechab • A Kenite clan, descendants of Salma.

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Hammath was a Kenite clan, listed among the descendants of Salma, the father (ie founder) of Bethlehem.

• A man from the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.55;
• only referred to as Hammath חַמַּת;
• father or founder of Rechabites רֵכָב.

Hammath is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:55 as one of the Kenite clans descended from Salma, the father (ie founder) of Bethlehem. The Kenites were a nomadic tribe closely associated with the Israelites, particularly during the time of Moses and the Exodus. Some Kenites, such as Jethro (Moses' father-in-law), played important roles in Israel's history. The mention of Hammath in the genealogy of Judah suggests that this Kenite clan had integrated with the tribe of Judah and settled in or near Bethlehem.

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• Rechab (child)