me.rom is a proper place name identifying the waters where opposing forces assembled and were attacked.

The term is used as a proper place name in the phrase "the waters of Merom," first as the location where kings encamp to fight Israel and then as the location where Joshua's forces fall upon them.

1. Place name in the waters-of-Merom setting · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and occur in the location phrase rendered "the waters of Merom." In Joshua 11:5 the APB renders the kings as encamping there to fight Israel; in Joshua 11:7 it renders Joshua and his fighting men as coming upon them there suddenly.

   Joshua 11:5Joshua 11:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term identically in both verses within "the waters of Merom." It confirms the shared location setting rather than isolating the term beyond that phrase.