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times; cstr. חֹומַת Jos 6:5 + 28 times; sf. חֹומָתָהּ Na 2: 6; 3:8 ; pl. abs. חֹומֹות 2 Ch 8:5 Is 26: 1; חֹמֹות Ct 5: 7; cstr. חֹומֹות ψ 51:20 ; חֹומֹת 2 K 25:10 + 9 times; sf. חֹומֹתַי Is 56: 5; חֹמֹתֶיךָ Dt 28:52 Is 25:1 2; חֹומֹותַיִךְ Ez 26:1 0, 12 ; 27:11 (×2); חֹומֹתַיִךְ Is 49:16 + 2 times; חֹמֹתַיִךְ Is 60:1 0; חֹמֹותָ˜יִךְ Ez 26: 9; חֹומֹותֶיהָ Je 50:1 5; חֹומֹתֶיהָ ψ 55:11 Je 1:1 5; du. חֹומֹתַיִם Is 22:1 1; חֹמֹתַיִם 2 K 25:4 = Je 52:7 ; חֹמֹתָ˜ים Je 39:4 ( v. Ol § 113 a Ges § 87 s);— 1. usually term for wall of city Dt 28:52 Jos 2:1 5; 6:5 , 20 (all JE), 1 S 31:10 , 12 2 S 11:2 0, 21 (×2) 2 K 18:2 6, 27 = Is 36:1 1, 12 , Am 1:7 , 10 , 14 Is 2:1 5; 20:10 , 11 ; 25:12 Na 2: 6; 3:8 Ez 26:9 +, Je 1:15 +, Jo 2:7 , 9 ; בֵּין הַחֹמֹתַיִם (of Jerus. ) i.e. between the two walls of the Ophel and the SW. hill respectively, of a reservoir Is 22:11 , a gate 2 K 25:4 = Je 34:4 = 52: 7; symbol of Isr.; Am 7:7 ; 2 Ch 8:5 ; 14:6 ; 25:23 ; 26:6 (×3) ψ 51:20 Ne

1:3 + 31 times in Ne; חֹומַת אֲנָךְ Am 7:7 (lit. wall of a plummet ) is of doubtful meaning: a wall built plumb , or by means of a plumb-line ? We thinks unintelligible; עִיר חֹומָה = walled city , Lv 25:29 , עִיר אשׁר לֹא ה׳ v 30 ( לֹא = לֹו ), opp. הַחֲצֵרִים אשׁר אין להם ח׳ v 31 (all H ); more elaborately עָרים בְּצֻרֹת ח׳ גְבֹהָה דְּלָתַיִם וּבְרִ˜יהַ Dt 3: 5, cf. 2 Ch 8: 5; ע׳ גְּדֹלֹות חֹומָה וּבְרִיחַ נְחשֶׁת 1 K 4:1 3; בְצוּרָה ח׳ Is 2:1 5; ח׳ sg. of wall of Jerus. 1 K 3:1 + often; contempt. חֹומַת אַבְנֵיהֶם Ne 3:3 5; less often pl. Ne 2:13 +; of specific portions of wall ח׳ הָעֹפֶל 2 Ch 27:3 Ne 3:2 7; ח׳ בְּרֵכַת הַשֶּׁלַה Ne 3:1 5; הָֽרֵחָבָה הַח׳ 3: 8; 12:38 ; also (generally) of Babylon Je 51:58 .—Men build , בנה , the ח׳ 1 K 9:15 +, especially (of rebuilding), Ne 2:17 +; fortify it בִּצֵּר Is 22:1 0; it is joined togethr קשׁר Ne 3:38 ; is repaired עָֽלְתָה אֲרוּכָה לְח׳ Ne 4: 1; it falls נפל Jos 6: 5, 20 1 K 20:30 Ez 38:2 0; the enemy makes it fall הִפִּיל 2 S 20:15 (preceded by מַשְׁחִית si vera l ., v. D r); destroys it הִשְׁחִית La 2: 8; שִׁחֵת Ez 26: 4; makes a breach in it פָּרַץ בּ׳ 2 K 14:13 = 2 Ch 25:2 3, cf. פרץ c. acc. 2 Ch 26:6 Ne 3:3 5, and הַפְּרוּצָה וַיִּבֶן אֶת־בל־הח׳ 2 Ch 32: 5; also (in sim. ) עִיר פְּרוּצָה ואין ת׳ Pr 25:2 8; and Pu. pt. מְפֹרָ˜צֶת Ne 1: 3; one breaks it down נָתַץ 2 K 25:10 2 Ch 36:19 Je 39: 8; 52:14 ; tears it down הָרַס Ez 26:12 , cf. pass. Je 50:1 5; Amos predicts that י׳ will send fire into wall (of Gaza, etc.): וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אֵשׁ בְּח׳ Am 1: 7, 10 ; or kindle fire in וְהִצַּתִּי אֵשׁ בְּח׳ v 1 4, so Je 49:27 . 2. wall of a building: a. citadel, fortress ח׳ ארמנותיה La 2: 7. b. surrounding new temple Ez 40:5 ; 42:20 . 3. fig. of waters of

Ol J. Olshausen, Heb. Gram.

×3 three times. H Code of Holiness.


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