chor.mah is a proper place name appearing in battle accounts, territorial lists, and notices addressed to people there.

The attested form is consistently a proper place name: it marks the destination or extent of military action in Deuteronomy 1:44, Numbers 14:45, Numbers 21:3, and Judges 1:17, and it also occurs in a king-list, settlement lists, and a notice directed to people in that place.

1. A named place · dominant

   The form is marked Noun · Proper in every cited occurrence. In Numbers 21:3 the APB renders the clause "the name of the place was called Hormah" after the Canaanites and their cities are devoted to destruction; in Judges 1:17 it likewise renders that the city was called by this name. Elsewhere it marks the limit of pursuit or defeat in Deuteronomy 1:44 and Numbers 14:45, appears under a king in Joshua 12:14, and occurs among named locations in Joshua 15:30 and Joshua 19:4.

   Numbers 21:3Judges 1:17Deuteronomy 1:44Numbers 14:45Joshua 12:14Joshua 15:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Hormah" throughout the supplied verses, including "as far as Hormah," "the king of Hormah," and "the name of the place was called Hormah." These renderings confirm the verse-level presentation of a place name rather than supplying a separate lexical sense.