H7417C

רִמּוֹן

rim.monN:N--L

(Rock of) Rimmon

§ Rimmon = "pomegranate" the Rock; a cliff or inaccessible natural fastness in which the 600 Benjamites who escaped the slaughter of Gibeah took refuge

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. רִמּוֺן proper name, of deity, in Aramaic (Old Aramaic רמן in proper name Lzb³⁶⁹ Cook¹⁰⁸; Assyrian Rammânu, god of wind, rain and storm (Schr^{COT 2Kgs 5:18} Zim^{KAT 3, 442 ff.} Muss-Arn^{JBL xi (1892), 172} Jastr^{Rei. Babylonian 156 ff.}); Sabean רמן (CIS^{iv, no.140, 209} Derenb in Kohut-Studies^{120 ff.}); etymology dubious; √רעם thunder Schr; √ ramâmu, roar Dl^{HWB 624 and most}; = 1. רִמּוֺן Hom^{A. u. A. 98}); — ׳בֵּית ר 2Kgs 5:18, בֵּית רִמֹּן v2Kgs 5:18 v2Kgs 5:18 Ρεμμαν[θ]; — see also הֲדַדְרִמּוֺן p. 213, טַבְרִמּוֺן p. 372.

III. רִמּוֺן proper name, masculine in Benjamin, 2Sam 4:2; 2Sam 4:5; 2Sam 4:9 Ρεμμων.

IV. רִמּוֺן

proper name, of a location 1. in סֶלַע הָרִמּוֺן cliff of R. Judg 20:45; Judg 20:47, רִמּוֺן ׳ס vJudg 20:47; Judg 21:13 Ρεμμων; = modern cliff Rammôn, east from Bethel, Buhl^{G 100}, compare GFM^{Judg 2 0, 45.}

2. in southern Judah, ׳עַיִן וְר Josh 15:32 ׳עַיִן ר Josh 19:7 (both P), 1Chr 4:32 = ׳ר Zech 14:10 Ρεμμων[θ], etc.; see עַיִן 2, p. 745, and עֵין רִמּוֺן.

3. in Zebulun Josh 19:13 (Ρεμμωνα(μ)), = רִמּוֺנוֺ 1Chr 6:62 (Ρεμμων); + Josh 21:35 (read רִמֹּנָה for דִּמְנָה Di Benn Steuern); modern Rummâne, approximately 6 miles east of north from Nazareth (Buhl^{G 221}).

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