Lexical Definition

‎עַלְמוֹן‎ ʻAlmôwn (al-mone') Almon ^N:N--L
from ‎עָלַם‎; hidden; See also ‎עַלְמֹן דִּבְלָתָיְמָה‎.

Almon

• § Almon = "concealed"
• Almon, a place in Palestine

1) a town in Benjamin allotted to the priests

Extended Information

name of: עָלֶמֶת

• Almon = "concealed"
• Another name of a.le.met (‎ע‎ָ‎ל‎ֶ֫‎מ‎ֶ‎ת‎ "Alemeth" עָלֶמֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַלְמוֺן‎ proper name, of a location (compare Sabean proper name ‎עלמן‎ Hal¹⁹²); — priestly city in Benjamin Josh 21:18 (P), ᵐ5 Γαμαλα, A Αλμων, ᵐ5^L Ελμων; = ‎עָלֶמֶת‎ in || 1Chr 6:45* (ᵐ5 Γαλεμεθ, ᵐ5^L Αλαμωθ); modern `Almît, approximately 1 hour northeast of Jerusalem, see Buhl^{Geogr. 175}.

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