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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4792 - מֵרוֹם
Transliteration
Mêrôwm
Phonetics
may-rome'
Root Word (Etymology)
formed like (H4791)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Merom = “high place”
1) the lake in northern Canaan at which Joshua routed the northern confederacy headed by Jabin
1a) site uncertain; probably the lake formed by the Jordan river about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of the Sea of Galilee
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (2)
Joshua
2
NAS (2)
Joshua
2
HCS (2)
Joshua
2
BSB (2)
Joshua
2
ESV (2)
Joshua
2
WEB (2)
Joshua
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
מֵרוֺם proper name, of a location only in מֵי מֵרוֺם Joshua 11:5,7 waters of Merom, in Northern Canaan; = Lake Hule, according to Rel and many, but dubious, compare Di Bäd Pal. 3. 259 GASm Geogr, 481 Buhl Geogr. 113.
מְרוֺן see שִׁמְרוֺן. מֵרוֺץ, I. [מְרוּצָה] see רוץ.
II. מְרוּצָה see רצץ. [מְרוּקִים] see I. מרק.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
מֵרוֹם (“height,” “a high place”), מֵי־מֵרוֹם [waters of Merom], Joshua 11:5, Joshua 11:7 pr.n. of a lake situated in a lofty region at the foot of Mount Lebanon; (Greek Σαμοχωνῖτις, Jos. Antiqu. v. 6 Arab. بحرة احاولة); through which the Jordan flows.
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List of Word Forms
מֵר֔וֹם מֵר֖וֹם מרום mê·rō·wm meRom mêrōwm
