STRONGS NUMBER H2768

H2768. Chermon

חֶרְמוֺן‎ proper name, of a mountain Hermon (sacred mountain, compare Sabean מחרם‎, etc., temple, Arabic interior of mosque, asylum, Wetzst^ZKW see 1884, 115 RS^{Semitic 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 Deuteronomy 4:48; by the Amorites שְׂנִיר‎, by the Sidonians שִׂרְיֹן‎ 3:9. It has three peaks; and the names חרמון‎ and שׂניר‎, distinguished in 1 Chronicles 5:23; Song of Solomon 4:8, may refer to two of these peaks; חֶרְמוֺנִים‎ Psalm 42:7 probably refers to these different peaks (see Rob^{BR iii. 357} Bäd^{Pal 301}). It is a northern boundary ח הר ׳עד‎ Deuteronomy 3:8; Joshua 12:1; חרמוֺן הר‎ mount Hermon is used also 11:17; 12:5; 13:5, 11; 1 Chronicles 5:23; but חרמון‎ Joshua 11:3; Psalm 89:13; 133:3; Song of Solomon 4:8. see חֶרְמוֺן בַּעַל‎ Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 5:23 (see Wetzst^{ib. 115}).

חֶרְמוֺנִים‎ see foregoing.