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# יׇקְמְעָם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3361

**Jokmeam. Compare** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Jokmeam. Compare [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3361/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָקְמְעָם: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3361/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (perhaps = יְקָמְעָם i.e. יָ֫קָם עָם Ol§ 277 k, 3; = let the people be established? cf. GrayProp. N. 218);—in N. Isr. 1 K 4:12, Λουκαμ, 𝔊L Ουκαμ; poss. = mod. Tel Ḳaimûn, N. of Megiddo, BuhlGeogr. 210; city of refuge in Ephr. 1 Ch 6:53 (= קִבְצַיִם \[q.v.\] Jos 21:22), Ικααμ, Ιεκμααν, etc.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Jokmeam (2).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 6:53](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.53/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.53/#tree)

וְאֶֽת־יָקְמְעָם֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית חוֹר֖וֹן בֵּ֥ית חוֹר֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Jokmeam and (et) lands its.pasture and (et) Beth Horon and (et) lands its.pasture

*JPS 1917:* and Jokmeam with the open land about it, and Bethhoron with the open land about it;

[1 Kings 4:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.12/#tree)

בַּֽעֲנָא֙ בֶּן־אֲחִיל֔וּד תַּעְנַ֖ךְ וּמְגִדּ֑וֹ וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית שְׁאָ֡ן בֵּ֣ית שְׁאָ֡ן אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵ֨צֶל צָרְתַ֜נָה מִתַּ֣חַת לְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִבֵּ֤ית שְׁאָן֙ בֵּ֤ית שְׁאָן֙ עַ֚ד אָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה אָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה עַ֖ד מֵעֵ֥בֶר לְיָקְמֳעָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* Baana the.son of.Ahilud Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth Shan which \[is\].beside (to) Zarethan from under to Jezreel from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah to from.\[the\] other.side of Jokmeam

*JPS 1917:* Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3361.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3361/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).