H0980 H0980
Bahurim, a Benjaminite village east of Jerusalem on the road to the Jordan, associated with David's flight from Absalom.
A place name identifying a small village in the territory of Benjamin, situated east of the Mount of Olives on the road descending toward the Jordan Valley. Bahurim figures prominently in David's personal history: Michal's husband Paltiel weeps as he follows her from there (2 Sam 3:16), Shimei the son of Gera curses David from Bahurim during Absalom's revolt (2 Sam 16:5), Jonathan and Ahimaaz hide in a well there while carrying intelligence to David (2 Sam 17:18), and Solomon later invokes Shimei's origin at Bahurim (1 Kgs 2:8).
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper place name Bahurim (baḥurîm, possibly meaning 'young men's village'), a Benjaminite settlement east of Jerusalem near the Mount of Olives on the Jericho road. It serves as a recurring geographic marker in the David narratives: 2 Samuel 3:16 records Paltiel following Michal weeping 'as far as Bahurim'; 2 Samuel 16:5 introduces Shimei cursing David from there during the Absalom crisis; 2 Samuel 17:18 locates the well where Jonathan and Ahimaaz hid; 2 Samuel 19:16 notes Shimei's frantic descent from Bahurim to greet the returning king; and 1 Kings 2:8 recalls Shimei's origin. Multilingual glosses show slight transliteration variation (eng 'Bahurim/Bachurim,' spa 'Bajurim,' deu 'Bachurim/Bahurim') reflecting the guttural ḥet. 5×
AR["بَحوريمَ", "بَحُورِيمَ", "في-بَحوريم", "مِنْ-بَحوريم", "مِنْ-بَحُورِيمَ"]·ben["বহুরীম", "বহুরীম-থেকে", "বহুরীমে", "বাহুরীমে"]·DE["Bachurim", "Bahurim", "in-Bachurim", "von-Bachurim", "von-Bahurim"]·EN["Bachurim", "Bahurim", "from-Bachurim", "from-Bahurim", "in-Bachurim"]·FR["Bachurim", "Bahurim", "dans-Bachurim", "de-Bachurim", "de-Bahurim"]·heb["ב-בחורים", "בחורים", "מ-בחורים"]·HI["बहुरीम", "बहुरीम-में", "बहुरीम-से", "बहूरीम"]·ID["Bahurim", "dari-Bahurim", "di-Bahurim"]·IT["Bachurim", "Bahurim", "da-Bachurim", "da-Bahurim", "in-Bachurim"]·jav["Bahurim", "saking-Bahurim", "wonten-Bahurim"]·KO["바후림", "바후림에", "바후림에서", "바후림에서-온-자라", "에-바후림"]·PT["Bachurim", "de-Bachurim", "de-Bahurim", "em-Bachurim"]·RU["-Бахурима", "Бахурим", "в-Бахуриме", "из-Бахурима"]·ES["Bajurim", "de-Bajurim", "en-Bajurim"]·SW["Bahurimu", "katika-Bahurimu", "kutoka-Bahurimu"]·TR["Bahurim", "Bahurim'de", "Bahurim'den"]·urd["بحوریم", "بحوریم-سے", "بحوریم-سے-تھا", "بحوریم-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בַּחֻרִים n.pr.loc. (young men’s village) of a small town of Benjamin beyond the Mt. of Olives on the way to Jericho (cf. RobBR i. 433; Kasteren ZPV 1890, 100 ff.) 2 S 3:16; 16:5; 17:18; 19:17 1 K 2:8 (= עַלְמוֹן according to 𝔗 Jon Schwarz Marti-Schick ZPV iii. 8 f.).