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…