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H1179

בַּ֫עַל חֶרְמוֹן

ba.al cher.monN:N--L

(Mount) Baal-hermon

Baal-hermon or Baal-chermon = "lord of destruction" a city near or on Mount Hermon, named as a seat of Baal worship Another name of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

בַּ֫עַל חֶרְמוֺן proper name, of a location Judg 3:3; 1Chr 5:23, a city so named as seat of the worship of Baal. 'The crest of Hermon is strewn with ruins and the foundations of a circular temple of large hewn stones,' TristrTpg, compare on sacredness, Euseb. LagOnom 217: possibly = בעל גד q. v.

2 occurrences

Judges (1), I Chronicles (1)