H2767 H2767
Hormah, a Canaanite city in the Negev renamed after Israel 'devoted' its inhabitants to destruction.
Originally called Zephath, this city in the southern Negev was renamed Hormah — a name transparently derived from cherem ('devoted to destruction') — after Judah and Simeon conquered it (Judg 1:17). The folk etymology is central: the place name itself memorializes the act of holy war. Numbers 14:45 records an earlier Israelite defeat there, and Numbers 21:3 narrates the vow and subsequent destruction that gave the city its name. Assigned to Simeon within Judah's territory (Josh 15:30; 19:4), it reappears as one of the towns to which David sent spoils (1 Sam 30:30). Spanish 'Horma' and French 'Hormah' preserve the name with minor phonetic adaptation.
Senses
1. Hormah (place name) — The proper noun Hormah designates a Canaanite royal city in the Negev, originally called Zephath (Judg 1:17), renamed after Israel devoted its inhabitants to destruction (cherem). The name itself is an etymological monument to holy war. It features in the narrative of Israel's premature attack (Num 14:45), the successful campaign under Moses (Num 21:3), the tribal allotments to Simeon (Josh 15:30; 19:4), and David's distribution of spoils (1 Sam 30:30). Spanish 'Horma/Jormah' and French 'Hormah/Chormah' reflect variant transliteration traditions across language communities. 9×
AR["حَرْمةَ","حُرْمَةَ","في-حُرمَةَ","وَ-حَرْمةُ","وَ-حُرْمَةُ","وَ-في-حَرمَة"]·ben["এবং-হর্মা","ও-হর্মায়","হর্মা","হর্মা।","হর্মায়","হর্মার"]·DE["Chormah","Hormah","[ובחרמה]","der-Hormah","in-Hormah","und-Chormah"]·EN["Chormah","Hormah","and-Chormah","and-in-Chormah","in-Hormah","the-Hormah"]·FR["Chormah","Hormah","[ובחרמה]","dans-Hormah","et-Chormah","le-Hormah"]·heb["ב-חרמה","ה-חרמה","ו-חרמה","ובחרמה","חרמה"]·HI["और-हार्मा","और-होर्मा","और-होर्मा-में","चोरमह-मेइन","होर्मा","होर्माह","होर्माह।"]·ID["Horma","dan-Horma","dan-di-Horma","di-Horma"]·IT["Chormah","Hormah","[ובחרמה]","e-Chormah","il-Hormah","in-Hormah"]·jav["Horma","ing-Horma","lan-Horma","lan-ing-Horma"]·KO["그-와-에-호르마","그리고-호르마","에-호르마","호르마","호르마라고","호르마의"]·PT["Chormah","Hormah","Hormá","e-Hormah","e-Hormá","e-em-Chormah","em-Chormah"]·RU["Хорма","Хормы","в-Хорме","и-Хорма","и-в-Хорме"]·ES["Horma","Jormah","en-Horma","y-Horma","y-Hormá","y-en-Jorma"]·SW["Horma","kuaibisha","na-Horma","na-huko-Horma"]·TR["-Horma'da","Horma","Horma'nın","Horma'ya","ve-Horma","ve-Horma'da"]·urd["اور-حرمہ","اور-میں-حرمہ","حرماہ","حرمہ","حرمہ-میں","حرمہ-کا"]
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
† חָרְמָה n.pr.loc. (asylum, cf. Arabic id., WetzstZKW v. 1884, 115)—a royal city of Canaanites, in the South, in tribe of Simeon Nu 14:45 (JE; art. only here v. Di), 21:3 (J) where name expl. from Israel’s devoting Canaanites of Arad to destruction; Jos 15:30; 19:4 (P), Dt 1:44 Jos 12:14 (D), 1 S 30:30 1 Ch 4:30; originally called צְפַת Ju 1:17, where name is said to have been changed to Ḥormah…