Hebrew word · H5964

עָלֶ֫מֶת

'alemet

Alemeth

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.36;

son of: Jehoaddah (H3085);

brother of: Azmaveth (H5820H) and Zimri (H2174H)

§ Alameth or Alemeth = "covering"

1) a Benjamite, son of Jehoadah or Jerah and descended from Saul through Jonathan

2) a town in Benjamin

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 4

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:60 עָלֶ֣מֶת Alemeth

    And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

  2. 1 Chronicles 7:8 וְעָלָ֑מֶת and Alemeth

    The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.

  3. 1 Chronicles 8:36 עָלֶ֥מֶת Alemeth

    Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza.

  4. 1 Chronicles 9:42 עָלֶ֥מֶת Alemeth

    Ahaz was the father of Jarah; Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

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