Lexical Definition

‎צַלְמוֹן‎ Tsalmôwn (tsal-mone') (Mount) Zalmon ^N:N--L
from ‎צֶלֶם‎; shady

Zalmon.

• § Zalmon = "shady"
• Tsalmon, the name of a place in Palestine and of an Israelite

n pr m
1) an Ahohite, one of David's mighty warriors
n pr loc
2) a wooded hill in Samaria near Shechem

Extended Information

name of: עֵיבָל

• Zalmon = "shady"
• a wooded hill in Samaria near Shechem
• Another name of e.val (‎ע‎ֵ‎יב‎ָ‎ל‎ "(Mount )Ebal" עֵיבָל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎צַלְמוֺן‎

proper name, of a mountain 1. ‎׳‎‎הַרצֿ‎ Judg 9:48 near Shechem, not identified, compare GFM, Buhl^{Geogr. 100}; Ερμων (erroneous).

2. snow-capped mountain Ps 68:14*, probably east of Jordan (in Hauran according to Wetzst, compare Buhl^{Geogr. 118}), Σελμων.

II. ‎צַלְמוֺן‎ proper name, masculine a hero of David 2Sam 2; 2Sam 23:28 (= ‎עִילַי‎ I Chron 2Sam 11:29), (Σ) ελλω, ᵐ5^L Ελιμαν. ‎צַלְמָוֶת‎ see III. ‎צלל‎.

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