HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6756
צַלְמוֹן
tsal.mon — (Mount) Zalmon
Zalmon = "shady" a wooded hill in Samaria near Shechem Another name of e.val (עֵיבָל "(Mount )Ebal" H5858C)
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Zalmon
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6758
צַלְמֹנָה
tsal.mo.nah — Zalmonah
§ Zalmonah = "shady" a station of Israel during the wilderness wanderings located on the east side of Edom
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5866
עִילַי
i.lay — Ilai
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.28; also called Ilai at 1Ch.11.29; Another name of tsal.mon (צַלְמוֹן "Zalmon" H6756B) § Ilai = "exalted" an Ahohite, one of David's mighty warriors
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Shady. (1.) One of David’s warriors, called the Ahohite (2 Sam. 23:28); called also Ilai (1 Chr. 11:29). (2.) A wood near Shechem, from which Abimelech and his party brought boughs and “put them to the hold” of Shechem, “and set the hold on fire” (Judg. 9:48). Probably the southern peak of Gerizim, now called Jebel Sulman. (See SALMON.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.