H2765 H2765
Chorem, a fortified city in Naphtali's territory
Chorem appears in Joshua 19:38 as one of the fortified cities in Naphtali's inheritance. The name may derive from a root meaning 'sacred' or 'devoted,' with possible connections to South Arabian place names containing similar elements (אחרם). The site has not been definitively identified in modern archaeology, though it appears in the same list with Hazor and other northern cities. The fortification designation indicates military significance in Naphtali's defensive network.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The listing among Naphtali's fortified cities suggests Chorem held strategic importance in the tribal territory's northern reaches. The 'sacred' etymology, if correct, might indicate a shrine or cultic site that gave the town its name. Unidentified biblical sites like Chorem remind us that much of ancient Israel's urban landscape remains archaeologically uncertain, preserved only in these tribal allotment lists from the conquest and settlement period. 1×
AR["حُورِيمُ"]·ben["হোরেম"]·DE["Chorem"]·EN["Chorem"]·FR["Chorem"]·heb["חורם"]·HI["होरेम"]·ID["Horem"]·IT["Chorem"]·jav["Horèm"]·KO["호렘"]·PT["Horem"]·RU["Хорем"]·ES["Horem"]·SW["Horemu"]·TR["Horem"]·urd["حریم"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֳרֵם n.pr.loc. (sacred; cf. Sab.. n.pr.loc. אחרם DHMEpigr. Denkm. 43)—a place in tribe of Naphtali Jos 19:38 (P); not identified.