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Hamon-Gog, a prophetic place name meaning 'multitude of Gog'; the burial valley in Ezekiel's end-times vision.
A proper noun derived from the common noun hamon ('multitude, tumult'), used as a place name in Ezekiel's prophecy of Gog's defeat. The Valley of Hamon-Gog ('Multitude of Gog') is where the vast enemy hordes will be buried, and a city called Hamonah will stand nearby as a memorial. Both Spanish 'multitud de' and French 'multitude' preserve the etymological transparency of the name. Ezekiel deliberately chose this name so that the geography itself would proclaim God's victory over the overwhelming enemy.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Hamon-Gog — the prophetic place name for the burial valley of Gog's armies (Ezek 39:11, 15). The name is a construct phrase meaning 'multitude of Gog,' and its repeated use in the passage emphasizes the sheer scale of the defeated enemy. The Spanish and French glosses ('multitud de Gog,' 'multitude Gog') transparently render the semantic content, while German leaves the Hebrew untranslated. The place name functions as a theological marker: the site of burial testifies permanently to the overthrow of the nations. 4×
AR["جُمْهُورِ", "جُوجَ"]·ben["গোগের।", "জনতার"]·DE["Gog", "sie"]·EN["Gog", "Multitude-of"]·FR["Gog", "multitude"]·heb["גוג", "המון"]·HI["गोग", "भीड़"]·ID["Gog", "Kerumunan"]·IT["Gog", "essi"]·jav["Gog", "golongan-ipun"]·KO["곡의", "무리-"]·PT["Gogue", "Multidão-de"]·RU["Гога", "множества"]·ES["Gog", "multitud-de"]·SW["Gogu", "umati-wa"]·TR["Gog'un", "kalabalığının"]·urd["گوگ", "ہمون"]
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
† הָמוֹן n.m. 1 S 4:14 (f. †Jb 31:34?) sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance;—abs. ה׳ 1 S 4:14 + 27 times (+ 2 K 25:11 = אָמוֹן in ‖ Je 52:15, v. ii. אָמוֹן p. 54 supr.); cstr. הֲמוֹן Gn 17:4 + 30 times + Ez 39:11, 15 (גֵּיא הֲמוֹן גּוֹג); sf. הֲמוֹנוֹ Is 5:13 + 2 times + Ez 31:18 Qr + 3 times (Kt המונה); so also Co for n.pr. (?) הֲמוֹנָה (q.v.) 39:16; הַמוֹנָהּ Is 5:14 + 6 times + Ez 7:12, 13;…