Lexicon
יַרְמוּת
yar.mut
H3412
N:N--L Hebrew

Jarmuth

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Hebrew
Language

yar.mut names a place identified by its king, listed among cities, and named as a dwelling location.

The attested proper noun names a place: it is identified through “the king of Jarmuth” in the Joshua conflict accounts, appears in city lists and with its pasture, and is named among places where people dwelt.

Senses in use

  1. A named place in political and settlement settings · dominant

    All occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, and Joshua 12:11, the APB renders the place in the designation “king of Jarmuth”; in Joshua 15:35 and Joshua 21:29 it appears in lists of cities, the latter with “its pasture,” and in Nehemiah 11:29 the APB renders it among locations where people “dwelt.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “Jarmuth,” most often within “king of Jarmuth,” and also in lists of cities and dwelling locations. These renderings confirm the verse-level setting rather than isolate a separate English equivalent.

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