HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3412
יַרְמוּת
yar.mut — Jarmuth
§ Jarmuth = "heights" a Canaanitish city in the lowlands of Judah with a king and located between Hebron and Lachish
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Jarmuth
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6502
פִּרְאָם
pir.am — Piram
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jos.10.3 § Piram = "like a wild ass" the Amorite king of Jarmuth at the time of the conquest
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Height. (1.) A town in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:35), originally the residence of one of the Canaanitish kings (10:3, 5, 23). It has been identified with the modern Yarmuk, a village about 7 miles north-east of Beit-Jibrin. (2.) A Levitical city of the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 21:29), supposed by some to be the Ramah of Samuel (1 Sam. 19:22).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.