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yarmūt יַרְמוּת ‘Jarmuth’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from rūm רוּם ‘to exalt / be rotten’
Roots: רום

yarmūt pr n loc
Jarmuth = "heights"
1) a Canaanitish city in the lowlands of Judah with a king and located between Hebron and Lachish
2) a Levitical city of Issachar allocated to the Gershonite Levites

Mentioned in Joshua 10:3, 12:11, 10:23, 10:5, 21:29, 15:35 Nehemiah 11:29

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