Brown-Driver-Briggs
חֲמָת,
חֲמַת proper name, of a location (√ dubious; Thes MV and others derive from
חָמָה,
חֲמָת =
fortress, or (see RS
Semitic i, 140),
sacred enclosure,
temenos,
µim¹, compare Hal
JAS 7 ème Sér. x, 392, Lag
BN 82, 156; but no certainty that name is Shemitic; Arabic

, Assyrian
Amattu, Dl
PA 275 ff.Prov 174); — modern
„amaâ, on
el-±A±ƒi (Orontes), 38 hours (approximately 115 miles) north of Damascus, see Bd
Pal 398 f. It had a king,
תֹּעִי, in David's time
2 Samuel 8:9 =
1 Chronicles 18:9, and in 8th cent. B.C.
2 Kings 19:13 =
Isaiah 37:13; gods of its own
2 Kings 17:30;
2 Kings 18:34 =
Isaiah 36:19; gave its name to land (limits unknown)
׳רִבְלָה בְּאֶרֶץ ח 2 Kings 23:33;
2 Kings 25:21;
Jeremiah 39:5;
Jeremiah 52:9,27, compare 2Chronicles 8:4; contained Israel exiles
Isaiah 11:11; furnished colonists for Samaria
2 Kings 17:24 (compare
2 Kings 17:30 above) after being conquered by Sargon, (COT
2 Kings 17:24;
2 Kings 18:34 compare
Isaiah 10:9). It is called
great Hamath by
Amos 6:2 (
חֲמַת רַבָּה,
חֲמַת֯ only here).
׳ח is mentioned with
דַּמֶּשֶׂק,
צֹר,
צִידוֺן in prophecy against land Hadrach (
חַדְרָךְ)
Zechariah 9:2, compare
Jeremiah 49:23. Often in phrase
׳(עַדֿ) לְבאֹ ח =
the entrance to H., i.e.
the approach to H., as territorial limit
Judges 3:3; usually as denoting (ideal) northern limit of Israel territory
Joshua 13:5;
Numbers 13:21;
Numbers 34:8;
Amos 6:14;
1 Kings 8:65 2Chronicles 7:8;
2 Kings 14:25;
1 Chronicles 13:5;
חֲמָ֑תָה 1 Chronicles 18:3;
צובָה ׳ח2Chronicles 8:3, and
הֵשִׁיב לִיחוּדָה ׳אֶתדַּֿמֶּשֶׂק וְאֶתחֿ 2 Kings 14:28; so also
Ezekiel 47:48:
׳גְּבוּל ח Ezekiel 47:17, compare V:16 b + V:16 a (strike out Co);
׳לְבוֺא ח Ezekiel 48:1, compare
Ezekiel 47:20;
׳אֶליַֿד ח Ezekiel 48:1.
Forms and Transliterations
בַּחֲמָֽת׃ בחמת׃ וּמֵ֣חֲמָ֔ת וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙ ומחמת חֲמַ֣ת חֲמָ֑ת חֲמָ֑תָה חֲמָ֔ת חֲמָ֖ת חֲמָ֛ת חֲמָ֜ת חֲמָ֡ת חֲמָ֣ת ׀ חֲמָ֤ת ׀ חֲמָֽת׃ חֲמָת֙ חמת חמת׃ חמתה ba·ḥă·māṯ bachaMat baḥămāṯ chaMat chaMatah ḥă·mā·ṯāh ḥă·maṯ ḥă·māṯ ḥămaṯ ḥămāṯ ḥămāṯāh ū·mê·ḥă·māṯ umechaMat ūmêḥămāṯ
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