2547. Chumtah
Lexicon
Chumtah: Humtah

Original Word: חֻמְטָה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Chumtah
Pronunciation: khoom-taw'
Phonetic Spelling: (khoom-taw')
Definition: Humtah
Meaning: Chumtah

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Humtah

Feminine of chomet; low; Chumtah, a place in Palestine -- Humtah.

see HEBREW chomet

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
fem. of chomet
Definition
a city in Judah
NASB Translation
Humtah (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חֻמְטָה proper name, of a location city in Judah Joshua 15:54, ᵐ5 Εὐμα, ᵐ5L Αμματα; site unknown.

חֲמִיטַל see חמוטל above

Topical Lexicon
Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be warm.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for חֻמְטָה (Chumtah) as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun referring to a location within the Old Testament context.

Usage: The term חֻמְטָה (Chumtah) is used in the context of a geographical location in the Old Testament. It appears in the list of cities belonging to the tribe of Benjamin.

Context: Chumtah is mentioned in the Old Testament as one of the cities allotted to the tribe of Benjamin. The reference to Chumtah is found in the book of Joshua, specifically in Joshua 18:24. This city is part of the detailed territorial boundaries and cities assigned to the tribe of Benjamin after the Israelites entered the Promised Land. The exact location of Chumtah is not definitively known today, and it is not frequently mentioned elsewhere in biblical or extrabiblical texts. The name is thought to be derived from a root meaning "to be warm," possibly indicating a characteristic of the area or its climate.

Forms and Transliterations
וְחֻמְטָ֗ה וחמטה vechumTah wə·ḥum·ṭāh wəḥumṭāh
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 15:54
HEB: וְחֻמְטָ֗ה וְקִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע
NAS: and Humtah and Kiriath-arba
KJV: And Humtah, and Kirjatharba,
INT: and Humtah and Kiriath-arba he

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 2547
1 Occurrence


wə·ḥum·ṭāh — 1 Occ.















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