Lexical Definition

‎לַקּוּם‎ Laqqûwm (lak-koom') Lakkum ^N:N--L
from an unused root thought to mean to stop up by a barricade; perhaps fortification

Lakum.

• § Lakum = "fortification"
• Lakkum, a place in Palestine

1) a town on the northern border of Naphtali

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לַקּוּם‎ proper name, of a location northern border-town of Naphtali, Josh 19:33 (P), ᵐ5 Δωδαμ, ᵐ5^L Λακουμ. so also Lag^{Onom 275, 24}; site unknown.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Lakkum • A border town of Naphtali

Lakkum, a border town of the tribe of Naphtali (Joshua 19:33).

• A location near Tabor_Mount תָּבוֹר only mentioned at Jos.19.33;
• only referred to as Lakkum לַקּוּם.
  

Lakkum is mentioned in Joshua 19:33 as one of the border towns of the territory allocated to the tribe of Naphtali. The verse describes the border of Naphtali, stating that it "turned eastward to Aznoth-tabor and went from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun at the south and Asher on the west and Judah on the east at the Jordan."

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