Lexical Definition

‎יׇקְמְעָם‎ Yoqmᵉʻâm (yok-meh-awm') Jokmeam ^N:N--L
from ‎קוּם‎ and ‎עַם‎; (the) people will be raised

Jokmeam. Compare ‎יְקַמְעָם‎, ‎יׇקְנְעָם‎.

• § Jokmeam = "gathered by the people"
• Jokmeam, a place in Palestine

1) a city of refuge in Ephraim given to the Kohathite Levites

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָקְמְעָם‎ proper name, of a location (perhaps = ‎יְקָמְעָם‎ i.e. ‎יָ֫קָם‎ ‎עָם‎ Ol^{§ 277k, 3}; = let the people be established ? compare Gray^{Prop. N. 218}); — in Northern Israel 1Kgs 4:12, Λουκαμ, ᵐ5^L Ουκαμ; possibly = modern Tel Kaimûn, north of Megiddo, Buhl^{Geogr. 210}; city of refuge in Ephraim 1Chr 6:53* ( = ‎קִבְצַיִם‎ [q. v.] Josh 21:22), Ικααμ, Ιεκμααν, etc. ‎קוֺנֵן‎ see ‎קין‎.

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