Hebrew word · H5960
עַלְמוֹן
almon
Almon
A place name of uncertain meaning. A link to ʿālam, 'to hide or conceal' ('hidden place'?), has been suggested but is speculative. In 1 Chronicles 6:60 the same town appears as ʿAlleméth, and 'Alemeth' is also a Benjaminite personal name (1 Chronicles 7:8; 8:36; 9:42).
Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
Almon = "concealed"
a town in Benjamin allotted to the priests
Another name of a.le.met (עָלֶ֫מֶת "Alemeth" H5964G)
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
From the study of Joshua 21:18
- Range of meaning
A place name of uncertain meaning. A link to ʿālam, 'to hide or conceal' ('hidden place'?), has been suggested but is speculative. In 1 Chronicles 6:60 the same town appears as ʿAlleméth, and 'Alemeth' is also a Benjaminite personal name (1 Chronicles 7:8; 8:36; 9:42).
- Against the English
English versions all render 'Almon'. Readers of Chronicles meet 'Alemeth' and may not realise it is the same place.
- Used elsewhere in the period
Named only here. The parallel is Alemeth in 1 Chronicles 6:60. It is usually located at Khirbet ʿAlmit, a ruin about 1.5 km north-east of ʿAnata. That the name survives at the site and lies so close to Anathoth makes the identification fairly secure.
Where it appears
Joshua · 1
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Joshua 21:18 עַלְמ֖וֹן Almon
Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
Here: A small Benjaminite town near Anathoth, named only here. 1 Chronicles 6:60 calls it Alemeth. It is usually identified with the ruin Khirbet ʿAlmit, about 1.5 km north-east of Anathoth.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.