H2768 H2768
Hermon — the towering, snow-capped peak of the Anti-Lebanon range marking Israel's northern frontier
The sacred summit of the Anti-Lebanon range, Mount Hermon rises to nearly 2,814 meters and served as the great geographical landmark of Israel's northern boundary. Known by different names among neighboring peoples — Sirion to the Sidonians and Senir to the Amorites (Deut 3:9) — the mountain's triple peaks may explain the plural 'Hermons' of Psalm 42:6. Its perpetual snowcap fed the headwaters of the Jordan and made it a symbol of refreshment and divine blessing (Ps 133:3). The Hebrew root connects to the idea of consecration or devoted space, echoing its ancient sacred associations.
Senses
1. Hermon (place name) — The proper name Hermon (חֶרְמוֹן), designating the highest mountain of the Anti-Lebanon range at Israel's far northern border. All thirteen occurrences mark this peak as a boundary reference in territorial descriptions (Deut 3:8; Josh 11:17; 12:1; 13:5, 11). The root חרם ('devoted, sacred') likely reflects the mountain's ancient cultic significance, paralleled by Arabic ḥarām and Sabaean maḥram for temple precincts. 13×
AR["حَرمون", "حَرْمونَ", "حَرْمُونَ", "حَرْمُونُ", "وَحَرْمُونُ", "وِ-حِرْمُون"]·ben["এবং-হর্মোন", "এবং-হেরমোনের", "হর্মোণ", "হর্মোন", "হর্মোনের", "হের্মোন", "হের্মোনকে-"]·DE["Chermon", "Hermon", "[וחרמון]", "[חרמון]", "und-Chermon"]·EN["Chermon", "Hermon", "and-Chermon"]·FR["Hermon", "[חרמון]", "et-Hermon", "et-de-l'Hermon,"]·heb["ו-חרמון", "חרמון", "ל-חרמון"]·HI["-हेर्मोन-को", "और-हेरमोन-की", "और-हेर्मोन", "हेर्मोन", "हेर्मोन-की"]·ID["Hermon", "dan-Hermon"]·IT["Hermon", "[חרמון]", "e-Ermon", "e-Hermon"]·jav["Hermon", "Hèrmon", "dhateng-Hermon", "lan-Hermon", "lan-Hérmon"]·KO["그리고-헤르몬-의", "헤르몬", "헤르몬-을", "헤르몬-의", "헤르몬-이", "헤르몬의", "헤르몬이다"]·PT["Chermon", "Hermom", "Hermon", "a-Hermom", "e-Hermon", "e-o-Hermom"]·RU["Ермона", "Хермон", "Хермона", "Хермоном", "и-Хермон", "и-Хермона"]·ES["Hermón", "Jermon", "Jermón", "a-Hermón", "es-Hermón", "y-Jermon", "y-Jermón"]·SW["Hermoni", "na-Hermoni", "ni-Hermoni"]·TR["Hermon", "Hermon'a-", "Hermon'un", "ve-Hermon", "ve-Hermon'un"]·urd["اور-حرمون", "اور-حرمون-کی", "حرمون", "حرمون-کو", "حرمون-کی"]
Deut 3:8, Deut 3:9, Deut 4:48, Josh 11:3, Josh 11:17, Josh 12:1, Josh 12:5, Josh 13:5, Josh 13:11, 1 Chr 5:23, Ps 89:12, Ps 133:3 (+1 more)
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
† חֶרְמוֹן n.pr.mont. Hermon (sacred mountain, cf. Sab. מחרם, etc., temple, Arabic حَرَامٌ interior of mosque, حُرْمَةٌ asylum, WetzstZKW v. 1884, 115 RSSem i. 93; 2nd ed., 94)—the highest peak of Anti-Lebanon range, usually snow-capped, commanding southern Syria & northern Palestine; it is called שִׂיאֹן by the author of Dt 4:48; by the Amorites שְׂנִיר, by the Sidonians שִׂרְיֹן Dt 3:9. It has…