BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1174
ba.al ha.mon — Baal-hamon
Baal-hamon = "lord (possessor) of abundance" the site of Solomon's vineyard Another spelling of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Place of a multitude, a place where Solomon had an extensive vineyard (Cant. 8:11). It has been supposed to be identical with Baal-gad, and also with Hammon in the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:28). Others identify it with Belamon, in Central Palestine, near Dothaim.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
