Lexicon
חַמּוֹן
cham.mon
H2540
N:N--L Hebrew

Hammon

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cham.mon is a proper name appearing among listed places in Scripture.

The attested uses present cham.mon as a proper name in place-list contexts: it is named among locations in a boundary description and occurs in a city-allotment context.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name in place-list contexts · dominant

    Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Joshua 19:28, חַמּ֣וֹן stands within a sequence of named locations, and the APB renders the list “Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah” in a clause extending toward Sidon; in 1 Chronicles 6:61, חַמּ֖וֹן occurs in the context of cities assigned by lot, though the APB does not isolate the name in its rendering.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Joshua 19:28, the APB includes “Hammon” in a list of locations. In 1 Chronicles 6:61, the translation describes ten cities assigned by lot without isolating this proper name.

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