Senses
1. Jericho (place name) — Proper feminine noun יְרִיחוֹ / יְרִיחֹה / יְרֵחוֹ designating the ancient Canaanite city of Jericho in the Jordan Valley. The three orthographic forms are scribal variants with no semantic distinction. Occurs extensively across Joshua (Josh 2:1-3, 5:13, 6:1-26, 7:2, 8:2, 9:3, 10:1, 16:1-7, 18:12, 20:8, 24:11), Numbers (Num 22:1, 26:3, 26:63, 31:12, 33:48-50, 34:15, 35:1, 36:13), Deuteronomy (Deut 32:49, 34:1-3), Samuel (2 Sam 10:5), Kings (1 Kgs 16:34; 2 Kgs 2:5-18, 25:5), Chronicles (1 Chr 6:63, 19:5), Jeremiah (Jer 39:5, 52:8), and Nehemiah (Neh 3:2, 7:36). All prepositional prefixes (ב 'in,' ל 'to,' מ 'from,' ו 'and') are inflectional, not sense-bearing. 57×
AR["أريحا","أَرِيحَا","يَرِيحُو"]·ben["যিরীহো","যিরীহো।","যিরীহোকে","যিরীহোর","যেরীহোর"]·DE["Jericho"]·EN["Jericho"]·FR["Jéricho"]·heb["ירחו","יריחו"]·HI["यरीहो","यरीहो-के"]·ID["Yerikho"]·IT["Gerico"]·jav["Yerikho","Yèriho","Yèrikho","Yérikho","Yériko","punika"]·KO["여리고","여리고를","여리고의","예리고의"]·PT["Jericó","Yericho","Yeriho"]·RU["Иерихо","Иерихона","Йерихо"]·ES["Jericó"]·SW["Yeriko"]·TR["Eriha","Eriha'nın","Eriha'yı","Yeriho","Yerikho'nun"]·urd["یریحو","یریحو-کی","یریحو-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
יְרִיחוֹ, יְרִיחֹה, יְרֵחוֹ n.pr.loc. Jericho (on form see Baer on Jos 2:1 Je 39:5 KöEinl. 49; √ and meaning dub.; according to Thes al. from רָוַח, = regio fragrans, the district abounding in palms, rose-gardens, balsam, etc.);—יְרִיחוֹ Jos 2:1 + 27 times Jos (19 times JE, 3 times D, 6 times P), + 5 times 2 K 2; יְרִחוֹ Jos 18:21 2 S 10:5 Je 39:5; 52:8; יְרִחֹה 1 K 16:34; יְרֵחוֹ Dt 34:1 (P), v…