•
חֲמֻשִׁים
S
2571, 2572
TWOT
686c, 688a
GK
2821, 2826
adj.pl.
in battle array
, always this form,
Ex 13:18
(
E
),
Jos 1:14
;
4:12
(both
D
),
Ju 7:11
+
Nu 32:17
(JE),
v.
חושׁ
.
חמת
TWOT
689
(
√ of foll.; meaning unknown;
MV
al.
, very improbably, from Arabic
حَمِتَ
(
ḥamita
)
grow rancid, putrid;
see on formation,
Lag
BN 154)
.
•
חֵ˜מֶת
S
2573
TWOT
689a
GK
2827
,
חֶ˜מֶת
n.
[
m.
]
waterskin
(
NH id.
)
— הַחֶ˜מֶת
Gn 21:1
5;
הַחֵ˜מֶת
Gn 21:1
9;
וְחֵ̀מַת ˜מַיִם
Gn 21:14
(
v. Di
), [
Hb 2:5
חֲמָתְךָ
v.
חֵמָה
].
• חֲמָת S 2574, 2579 GK 2828 , חֲמַת n.pr.loc. ( √ dub .; Thes MV al. der. from
חָמָה , חֲמָת = fortress , or ( v. RS Sem i, 140), sacred enclosure, temenos , ḥimā , cf. Hal JAS 7 ème Sér. x, 392 Lag BN 82, 156; but no certainty that name is Shemitic; Arabic
حَمَاة
(
ḥamāt
), Assyrian
Amattu
,
Dl
PA 275 ff.
Pr
174
)
;—mod.
Ḥamâ
, on
el-‛Âṣi
(Orontes), 38 h. (
c.
115
m.
) N. of Damascus,
v. Bd
Pal. 398 f. It had a king,
תֹּעִי
, in David’s time
2 S 8:9
=
1 Ch 18:
9, and in 8th cent.
B
.
C
.
2 K 19:13
=
Is 37:1
3; gods of its own
2 K 17:30
;
18:34
=
Is 36:1
9; gave its name to land (limits unknown)
רִבְלָה בְּאֶרֶץ ח׳
2 K 23:3
3;
25:31 Je 39:
5;
52:9
,
27
,
cf.
2 Ch 8:
4; contained Isr. exiles
Is 11:11
; furnished colonists for Samaria
2 K 17:24
(
cf.
v
30
supr.
) after being conquered by Sargon, (
COT
2 K 17:2
4;
18:34
cf.
Is 10:
9). It is called
great Hamath
by
Am 6:2
(
חֲמַת רַבָּה
,—
חֲמַת
only here).
ח׳
is mentioned with
דַּמֶּשֶׂק
,
צֹר
,
צִידֹון
in prophecy against land Hadrach
(
חַדְרָךְ
)
Zc 9:2
,
cf.
Je 49:2
3. Often in phr.
לְבֹא ח׳
(
עַד־
)
=
the entrance to
H.
, i.e.
the approach to H.
, as territorial limit
Ju 3:3
; usually as denoting (ideal) northern limit of Isr. territory
Jos 13:5 Nu 13:2
1;
24:8 Am 6:14 1 K 8:65
=
2 Ch 7:8
,
2 K 14:25 1 Ch 13:
5;
חֲמָ˜תָה
1 Ch 18:
3;
ח׳ צובָה
2 Ch 8:
3, and
אֶת־דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְאֶת־ח׳ לִיחוּדָה הֵשִׁיב
2 K 14:2
8; so also
Ez 47
,
48
:
גְּבוּל ח׳
Ez 47:1
7,
cf.
v
16b
+ v
16a
(
del. C
o);
לְבֹוא ח׳
48:
1,
cf.
47:2
0;
אֶל־יַד ח׳
48:
1.
•
חֲמָתִי
S
2577
GK
2833
adj.
gent.
c.
art.
= subst.
הַחֲמָתִ˜י
, as descendants of Canaan
Gn 10:18
=
1 Ch 1:1
6.
Bd Bädekers Palestine.