kar.ke.mish is a proper name used for the location of conflict near the Euphrates and in a comparison of cities.

The noun proper form identifies a place: it is named as the site of fighting and defeat near the Euphrates in 2 Chronicles 35:20 and Jeremiah 46:2, and appears among cities compared in Isaiah 10:9.

1. Place named in conflict and city comparison · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in all three verses. In 2 Chronicles 35:20 the APB renders Neco going up to fight “at Carchemish on the Euphrates”; in Jeremiah 46:2 it renders the Egyptian army as being by the Euphrates “at Carchemish,” where Nebuchadnezzar defeated it. In Isaiah 10:9 the APB places it in a comparison with Calneh and other named cities.

   2 Chronicles 35:20Isaiah 10:9Jeremiah 46:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB presents the proper name as “Carchemish”: a location for fighting in 2 Chronicles 35:20 and Jeremiah 46:2, and a city in a comparison in Isaiah 10:9. The verse is read as a whole.