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ṭalmōn טַלְמוֹן ‘Talmon’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as ḥārᵊgōl חָרְגֹּל ‘locust’
Roots: חרגול

ṭalmōn pr n m pers
Talmon = "oppressor"
1) the head of a family of doorkeepers in the temple; some of his descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel and were employed in their hereditary office in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra
 1a) possibly two other doorkeepers in the time of Nehemiah

Mentioned in Ezra 2:42 Nehemiah 11:19, 7:45, 12:25 1 Chronicles 9:17

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