Lexical Definition

‎יַרְמוּת‎ Yarmûwth (yar-mooth') Jarmuth ^N:N--L
from ‎רוּם‎; elevation

Jarmuth.

• § Jarmuth = "heights"
• Jarmuth, the name of two places in Palestine

1) a Canaanitish city in the lowlands of Judah with a king and located between Hebron and Lachish
2) a Levitical city of Issachar allocated to the Gershonite Levites

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַרְמוּת‎

proper name, of a location 1. ᵐ5 Ιερ(ε)ιμουθ, Canaanitish city, with a king, named between Hebron and Lachish Josh 10:3; Josh 10:5; Josh 10:23 (JE), Josh 12:11 (D); named with Adullam Josh 15:35 (P), compare Neh 11:29.

2. ᵐ5 Ρεμμαθ, A ᵐ5^L Ιερμωθ, Levitical city in Issachar Josh 21:29 (P). **See ‎רָ(א)מוֺת‎ 1 c.

‎יָרְקְעָ֑ם‎ proper name, masculine a name in Judah 1Chr 2:44 ᵐ5 Ιακλαν, A Ιερκααν, ᵐ5^L Ιερακαμ (and so for ‎רֶקֶם‎ v^b; otherwise ‎רקם‎ v1Chr 2:43).

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