1. Hermon (place name) — Proper noun חֶרְמוֹן (Hermon), the prominent mountain at the northern boundary of Israel, rising to ~2,814 m in the Anti-Lebanon range. Referenced in Deut 3:8–9; 4:48; Josh 11:3, 17; 12:1, 5; 13:5, 11; Ps 42:7; 89:13; 133:3; Song 4:8; 1 Chr 5:23. The two clusters differ only in prepositional and conjunctive framing (bare name / l-Hermon vs. w-Hermon). Multilingual evidence uniformly identifies the same mountain: eng 'Hermon/Chermon', spa 'Hermón/Jermón', hin हेर्मोन, arb حَرْمون/حِرْمُون, kor 헤르몬, swa 'Hermoni.' 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)
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† 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…