Lexical Definition

‎מָלוֹן‎ mâlôwn (maw-lone') lodging ^H:N-M
from ‎לוּן‎

inn, place where...lodge, lodging (place).

• a lodgment, i.e. caravanserai or encampment

1) place of lodging, inn, khan

See Greek: κατάλυμα · παρεμβολή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָלוֺן‎ noun masculine lodging-place, inn, khan; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 42:27 + 5 t.; construct ‎מְלוֺן‎ 2Kgs 19:23; Jer 9:1* — lodging-place, inn, khan (?) Gen 42:27; Gen 43:21; Exod 4:24 ‎אֹרְתִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מְ‎ Jer 9:1* = camp (of Israel) for a night, Josh 4:3 ( + ‎לין‎), vJosh 4:8 of Assyrians Isa 10:29 figurative ‎מְלוֺן קִצֹּה֯‎ 2Kgs 19:23, i.e. its (Lebanon's) remotest camping-ground, hyperb. of Assyrian conquest; so read probably in || Isa 37:24 for ᵑ0 ‎׳‎‎מְרוֺם ק‎, compare Di Du Kit Che^Hpt.

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