כַּרְכְּמִישׁ

כַּרְכְּמִישׁ כַּרְכְּמִשׁ proper name, of a location, city on Euphrates (Assyrian kargamis, Gargamis, compare Dl^{Par 265 ff.}; Egyptian †a-rï-‡a-maï(?)-ša WMM^{Asien U. Europa 263}; etymology dubious; according to Hoffm^{Auszuge act. Pers. Mart. 163} RS^{Proh. i. n. 5} = 'Castle of Mish,' compare Dl^l.c.); — כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Isa 10:9; 2Chr 35:20 (ᵐ5^L Ξαρχαμεις), כַּרְכְּמִשׁ Jer 46:2 (ᵐ5 Ξαρμεις Καρχαμεις). Hittite capital, East bank of Euphrates, Modern Jerabîs, or Jerbâs; Schr^{KGF 221 ff.}; COT, on Isa 10:9 Dl^l.c.., Jen^{ZA vii. (1892), 365} thinks he reads G(K)ar-g(k)a-mi-si(e)-ras = 'king of Karkemish' on ('Hittite') inscription from Karkemish.