בֵּית חוֺרֹן proper name, of a location [Josh 10:10]; [Josh 10:11], also חֹרוֺן ׳בּ, חֹרֹן ׳בּ, & in Chronicles חוֺרוֺן ׳בּ, two cities in Ephraim, lower & upper B.H. (place of a hole or hollow (?) חֹר, perhaps from a wady between the two, or near by; compare also מַעֲלֶה [Josh 10:10], מוֺרַד v[Josh 10:11] 1 Macc 3:16; 3:24) [1Chr 7:24] אֶתבּֿיתחֿוֺרוֺן הַתַּחְתּוֺן וְאֶתהָֿעֶלְיוֺן; further,
\ \ a. עֶלְיוֺן ׳ח ׳בּ [Josh 16:5] הָעֶלְיוֺן ׳ח ׳בּ [2Chr 8:5].
\ \ b. 1 hour west from
\ \ a. תַּחְתּוֺן ׳ח ׳בּ [Josh 16:3]; [Josh 18:13]; [1Kgs 9:17] הַתַּחְתּוֺן ׳ח ׳בּ [2Chr 8:5] also [Josh 10:10]; [Josh 10:11]; [Josh 18:14] probably also [Josh 21:22]; [1Sam 13:18]; [1Chr 6:53]; [2Chr 25:13] — modern Beit ±Ûr el-fôqa & et-ta—ta RobBR ii. 250 f. BdPal 21 Surveyiii. 86; — compare הַחֹרֹנִי adjective, of a people [Neh 2:10]; [Neh 2:19]; [Neh 13:28], only of Sanballat; also dual חֹרֹנַיִם [Josh 10:10]; [Josh 10:11] ᵐ5 & [2Sam 13:34] ᵐ5 We Dr.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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