Nehemiah 11:29

וּבְעֵ֥ין רִמּ֛וֹן וּבְצָרְעָ֖ה וּבְיַרְמֽוּת
And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
Select a Hebrew word above to see its details.

וּ בְ עֵ֥ין
וּ
Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)
בְ
Prefix — preposition in, at, by, with
עֵ֥ין
Root word a name — transliterate it
Dictionary form: אָב · awb

Noun — Proper Name

his father ×133 of their fathers ×94 his fathers ×86 my father ×80 thy father ×51 of the fathers ×44 the father ×41 their fathers ×30
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father — Default choice; direct, natural, widely understood.
ancestor — Prefer when referring to distant forebears or lineage.
forefather — Slightly more formal; good for ancestral or covenantal contexts.
patriarch — Use for tribal or clan heads with religious authority.
family head — Highlights household-leader role in social/legal contexts.
founder — Suits contexts emphasizing originating or establishing a line.

BDB17 H1

BDB16 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB18

אָב1191 noun masculine father (Phoenician אב, Assyrian abu, Arabic , Sabean אב CISiv, 1, 37 1. 2 and others, Ethiopic Aramaic אַבָּא, — absolute אָב Gen 44:19 + 47 t.; construct אַב Gen 17:4; Gen 17:5 (compare in אַבְרָהָם ib. & elsewhere in proper names. On Hal's proposed אֲבִר see אברהם); אֲבִי (compare Ge§§ 90, 3b, 96) Gen 4:20 +; suffix אָבִי Gen 19:34 + (MI אבי); אָבִיךָ Gen 12:1 +; אָבִיו Gen 2:24 +; אָבִ֫יהוּ Judg 14:10 + 6t.; plural אָבוֺת Exod 12:3 +; construct אֲבוֺת Exod 6:25 + 7 t.; suffix אֲבוֺתַי (אֲבֹתַי, אֲבוֺתָ֑י) Gen 47:9 + 15 t.; אֲבוֺתֵיהֶם 1Chr 4:38 + 32 t. (late); אֲבוֺתָם Exod 4:5 + 106 t. etc.; —

1. father of individual Gen 2:24 (+ אֵם) Gen 11:28; Gen 11:29 (twice in verse); Gen 19:31; Gen 19:32; Gen 19:33, + often (mostly J E D); of father as commanding Gen 50:16 (J) Jer 35:6 f Prov 6:20 (compare Gen 18:19 J Gen 28:1; Gen 28:6 P 1Sam 17:20; 1Kgs 2:1); instructing מוסר Prov 1:8; Prov 4:1 (compare Deut 8:5); specifically as begetter, genitor Prov 23:22; Zech 13:3 (twice in verse) (+ אֵם) Isa 45:10 compare Gen 49:4 (J) Lev 18:7; Lev 18:8; Lev 18:11 (P); rebuking Gen 37:10 loving Gen 37:4; Gen 44:20 (J E; compare Gen 22:2; Gen 25:28; Gen 37:3; 2Sam 14:1); pitying Ps 103:13 (in simile compare 2Sam 18:5); blessing Gen 27:41 (J E compare Gen 27:4 also Gen 28:1 P +); as glad Prov 10:1; Prov 15:20 compare Prov 29:3 grieving Gen 37:35 (J E; compare 2Sam 12:22; 2Sam 19:1; 2Sam 19:2 f) etc. Also as object of honour, obedience, love Exod 20:12 (E) = Deut 5:16; Exod 21:15; Exod 21:17 (E) Deut 21:18; Deut 21:19; Gen 28:7 (P) 1Kgs 19:20 (all + אֵם), 1Kgs 50:1; 1Kgs 50:5 (J) Mal 1:6 etc. Hence metaphor of intimate connection Job 17:14 to corruption I cry, My father art thou (|| אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּה).
2. of God as father of his people (see RSSem 42), who constituted, controls, guides and lovingly watches over it: Deut 32:6; Jer 3:4; Jer 3:19; Jer 31:9; Isa 63:16 (twice in verse); Isa 64:7; Mal 1:6; Mal 2:10 (compare Exod 4:22; Exod 19:4 (JE) Deut 32:11; Hos 11:1); compare Jer 2:27 (of idolatrous Israel) אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני׃; especially God as father of Davidic line 2Sam 7:14; Ps 89:27 f. of needy (late) Ps 68:6 (compare Ps 103:13) (in proper name, f. of individual, compare below)
3. head of household, family or clan; בֵּית אָבִי as abode Gen 38:11 (twice in verse); Lev 22:13 +; = family Gen 24:40 (|| מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי) Gen 41:51; Gen 46:31 + compare Num 18:1; Num 18:2; Josh 2:12; Josh 2:18; Josh 6:25 especially techn. of divisions of Israel בֵּית אָב לְמִשְׁפָּחוֺת Num 3:30; Num 3:35 = a father's house, i.e. a family or clan; more often plural (אבותם, אבותיו) בֵית אָבוֺת = father's houses = families, clans (compare Di on Exod 6:14) Exod 6:14; Exod 12:3; Num 1:2; Num 1:18 ff (often in Numbers) Josh 14:1; Josh 19:51; Josh 21:1 (twice in verse); Josh 22:14 (twice in verse) (always P in Hexateuch); also 1Chr 5:13; 1Chr 5:15 + often in Chronicles; compare רָאשֵׁי אבות הלוים (= ׳בית א ׳ר) Exod 6:25 compare 1Kgs 8:1; 1Chr 6:4; 1Chr 7:11 + often Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah.
4. ancestor (a) of individual; grandfather (instead of precise term) Gen 28:13; Gen 32:10 (J; where used by Jacob of Abraham & then of Isaac); greatgrandfather 1Kgs 15:13 great-greatgrandfather 1Kgs 15:11 etc.; oft plural (= fathers, forefathers) Gen 15:15; Gen 46:34 (JE) 1Kgs 19:4; 1Kgs 21:3; 1Kgs 21:4; 2Kgs 19:12; 2Kgs 20:17 +; particularly שׁכב עם אבותיו 1Kgs 1:21; 1Kgs 2:10; 1Kgs 11:21; 1Kgs 22:40 +; joined with ׳ויקבר עם אב 1Kgs 14:31; 1Kgs 15:24; 1Kgs 22:51; 2Kgs 8:24; 2Kgs 15:38 compare v2Kgs 15:7, 2Kgs 16:20 + (all of kings of Judah); intensive, אֲבֹתֶיךָ וַאֲבוֺת אֲבֹתֶיךָ Exod 10:6 compare Dan 11:24 (b) of people Gen 10:21 (J) Gen 17:4; Gen 17:5 (P) Gen 19:37; Gen 19:38 (J) Gen 36:9; Gen 36:43 (P) Deut 26:5; Isa 51:2; Isa 43:27 (where אביך הראשׁון thy first father, see Che) compare also Ezek 16:3; Ezek 16:45 + often; plural Exod 3:13; Exod 3:15; Exod 3:16 (E) Deut 1:8; Josh 1:6; Judg 2:1; 1Sam 12:6 +; 1Sam 12:15 near the end read וּבְמַלְכְּכֶם ᵐ5 We Dr.
5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art Gen 4:20; Gen 4:21.
6. figurative of producer, generator Job 38:28 הֲיֵשׁ לַמָּטָר אָ֑ב (|| הוֺלִיד אֶגְלֵיטָֽֿל׃ מִיֿ).
7. figurative of benevolence & protection Job 29:6 אָב אָֽנֹכִי לָֽאֶבְיוֺנִים, compare Job 31:18 of Eliakim Isa 22:21 perhaps also of gracious Messianic king אֲבִי עַד Isa 9:5 everlasting father (Ge Ew De Che Brd Di) — others divider of spoil (Abarb Hi Kn Kue BrMP).
8. term of respect & honour (Abbas, Pater, Papa, Pope); applied to master 2Kgs 5:13 priest Judg 17:10; Judg 18:19 prophet 2Kgs 2:12 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 6:21; 2Kgs 13:14 (twice in verse); compare 2Kgs 8:9 counsellor Gen 45:8 (E; compare δευτέρου πατρός ᵐ5 add. Esth 3:13 τῷ πατρί 1 Mac Esth 11:32); king 1Sam 24:12 artificer 2Chr 2:12; 2Chr 4:16.
9. specifically, ruler, chief (late) 1Chr 2:24; 1Chr 2:42 (twice in verse); etc. (compare Ew§ 273 b) see also EwGeschichte. i. 524. H i. 365. On the force of אָב in proper names (in many probably a divine title), see CheEncy. Bib., ABI, NAMES WITH Nöib., NAMES, §§ 44, 45.

fathers, father, chief, families, patrimony, …
ʾāb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
  • father of an individual
    • "of God as father of his people"head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan"ancestor
    • grandfather, forefathers (of a person)
      • "of people
    originator or patron of a class, profession, or art"of producer, generator (figuratively)"of benevolence and protection (figuratively)"term of respect and honor"ruler or chief (specifically)

רִמּ֛וֹן
רִמּ֛וֹן
Root word a name — transliterate it ("And at en-rimmon")
Dictionary form: עֵין רִמּוֹן · ane rim-MONE

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: and at en-rimmon
and at en-rimmon ×1
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En-Rimmon — Standard modern scholarly and Bible-translation spelling.
Ein Rimmon — Israeli/Hebrew geographic spelling; suits modern context.
Spring of Rimmon — Literal rendering; clarifies place-name meaning for readers.

BDB6017 H5871 H5884

BDB6016 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB6018

III. עַ֫יִן

proper name, of a location 1. לָעָ֑יִן, on northeast border of Canaan Num 34:11, ᵐ5 ἐπὶ πηγάς
2. a. in Negeb of Judah Josh 15:32 (+ וְרִמּוֺן), Levitical city Josh 21:16 (but ᵐ5B Ασα read עָשָׁן, as 1Chr 6:44), apparently =
  b. 1Chr 19:7 (+ ׳ר; assigned to Simeon), ׳ר ׳וָע 1Chr 4:32 (read probably ׳וְעֵין ר); probably modern Umm er-Ram¹-m£n, approximately 18 miles southwest from Hebrom, BuhlGeogr.183. — see עֵין רִמּוֺן below

BDB6025 H5884 H5871 H7416

BDB6024 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB6026

עֵין רִמּוֺן proper name, of a location in post-exile Judah Neh 11:29 (A (εν)Πεμμιον), probably= III. עַיִן 2 q. v. and רִמּוֺן Zech 14:10.

BDB7957 H7417 H5871 H5884

BDB7956 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB7958

IV. רִמּוֺן

proper name, of a location 1. in סֶלַע הָרִמּוֺן cliff of R. Judg 20:45; Judg 20:47, רִמּוֺן ׳ס vJudg 20:47; Judg 21:13 Ρεμμων; = modern cliff Rammôn, east from Bethel, BuhlG 100, compare GFMJudg 2 0, 45.
2. in southern Judah, ׳עַיִן וְר Josh 15:32 ׳עַיִן ר Josh 19:7 (both P), 1Chr 4:32 = ׳ר Zech 14:10 Ρεμμων[θ], etc.; see עַיִן 2, p. 745, and עֵין רִמּוֺן.
3. in Zebulun Josh 19:13 (Ρεμμωνα(μ)), = רִמּוֺנוֺ 1Chr 6:62 (Ρεμμων); + Josh 21:35 (read רִמֹּנָה for דִּמְנָה Di Benn Steuern); modern Rummâne, approximately 6 miles east of north from Nazareth (BuhlG 221).

en-rimmon
ʿên rimmôn
fount of the pomegranate
En-Rimmon, a place in Palestine
  • one of the places that the returning exiles reinhabited in Judah

וּ בְ צָרְעָ֖ה
וּ
Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)
בְ
Prefix — preposition in, at, by, with
צָרְעָ֖ה
Root word a name — transliterate it ("And at zareah")
Dictionary form: צׇרְעָה · tsore-AW

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: and at zareah
zorah ×3 and at zareah ×1 and zorah ×1 and zoreah ×1 from zorah ×1 of zorah ×1 out of zorah ×1 to zorah ×1
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Zorah — Standard modern spelling; most widely recognized form.
Zoreah — Alternate spelling found in some modern translations.
Zareah — Less common variant; useful for textual-critical notes.

BDB7247 H6881

BDB7246 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB7248

צָרְעָה proper name, of a location Σαραα, etc. (compare also LagBN 85), in the Shephelah of Judah (Tel Amarna ‚ar—a, named with Aialuna, Ajalon); — Josh 15:33, but assigned to Dan Josh 19:41; Judg 13:2; Judg 13:25; Judg 16:31; Judg 18:2; Judg 18:8; Judg 18:11; 2Chr 11:10; Neh 11:29 modern ‚ar±a, 15 miles west from Jerusalem, compare GASmGeogr. 218 BuhlGeogr.195.

zorah, zoreah, zareah
ṣorʿâ
hornet
Tsorah, a place in Palestine
  • a town in Dan, residence of Manoah and the home town of Samson

וּ בְ יַרְמֽוּת
וּ
Prefix — connector and (sometimes: but, so, then)
בְ
Prefix — preposition in, at, by, with
יַרְמֽוּת
Root word a name — transliterate it ("And at jarmuth")
Dictionary form: יַרְמוּת · yahr-MOOT

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: and at jarmuth
of jarmuth ×4 jarmuth ×2 and at jarmuth ×1
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Jarmuth — Standard modern spelling for this Canaanite/Judahite city.
Yarmuth — Scholarly transliteration; preferred in academic or archaeological contexts.
the city of Jarmuth — Use when the referent as a settlement needs clarification.

BDB3744 H3412

BDB3743 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB3745

יַרְמוּת

proper name, of a location 1. ᵐ5 Ιερ(ε)ιμουθ, Canaanitish city, with a king, named between Hebron and Lachish Josh 10:3; Josh 10:5; Josh 10:23 (JE), Josh 12:11 (D); named with Adullam Josh 15:35 (P), compare Neh 11:29.
2. ᵐ5 Ρεμμαθ, A ᵐ5L Ιερμωθ, Levitical city in Issachar Josh 21:29 (P).
**See רָ(א)מוֺת 1 c.

BDB3757 H3412

BDB3756 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB3758

יָרְקְעָ֑ם proper name, masculine a name in Judah 1Chr 2:44 ᵐ5 Ιακλαν, A Ιερκααν, ᵐ5L Ιερακαμ (and so for רֶקֶם vb; otherwise רקם v1Chr 2:43).

jarmuth
yarmût
heights
Jarmuth, the name of two places in Palestine
  • a Canaanitish city in the lowlands of Judah with a king and located between Hebron and Lachish
    • "a Levitical city of Issachar allocated to the Gershonite Levites

The cantillation accents are the Masoretes' punctuation: each group below ends at a pausing accent. Translate a group as one unit.
וּבְעֵ֥ין רִמּ֛וֹן Tevir — a lesser break וּבְצָרְעָ֖ה Tipeha — a lesser break וּבְיַרְמֽוּת Silluq — end of the verse

וּבְעֵין רִמּוֹן וּבְצָרְעָה וּבְיַרְמֽוּת׃
29
And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
Cross References

Joshua 12:11

מֶלֶךְ יַרְמוּת אֶחָד מֶלֶךְ לָכִישׁ אֶחָֽד׃
11
The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

Joshua 15:32

וּלְבָאוֹת וְשִׁלְחִים וְעַיִן וְרִמּוֹן כָּל-עָרִים עֶשְׂרִים וָתֵשַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
32
And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

Judges 13:25

וַתָּחֶל רוּחַ יְהוָה לְפַֽעֲמוֹ בְּמַֽחֲנֵה-דָן בֵּין צָרְעָה וּבֵין אֶשְׁתָּאֹֽל׃
25
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move times him at in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Joshua 19:41

וַיְהִי גְּבוּל נַֽחֲלָתָם צָרְעָה וְאֶשְׁתָּאוֹל וְעִיר שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃
41
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

Joshua 15:35

יַרְמוּת וַֽעֲדֻלָּם שׂוֹכֹה וַֽעֲזֵקָֽה׃
35
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
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