אַרְמוֺן noun masculine[Isa 32:14] citadel — ׳א absolute [Jer 30:18] +; construct [Isa 25:2] plural אַרְמְנוֺת absolute [Amos 3:9] (twice in verse); construct [Amos 1:4] +; אַרְמְנוֺתֵינוּ [Mic 5:4] +, etc. — citadel, castle, palace, not used before royal period, mostly in prophets, especially common in Amos & Jeremiah; citadel as securely barred (in simile) [Prov 18:19] בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ ׳א i.e. the citadel, stronghold [1Kgs 16:18], compare [2Kgs 15:25] usually more general, of castle, palaces, prominent buildings; especially used in speaking of conquest, because the fine buildings would be especially object of attack & plunder; palaces of Israel [Amos 6:8] of Jerusalem [Isa 32:14] (singular collective) [Lam 2:5]; [Lam 2:7]; [2Chr 36:19]; [Ps 48:4]; [Ps 48:14]; [Ps 122:7] compare [Hos 8:14]; [Mic 5:4]; [Amos 2:5]; [Jer 17:27] of Samaria [Amos 3:10]; [Amos 3:11] also [Jer 6:5]; [Jer 9:20] belonging to Benhadad (i.e. Aram) [Amos 1:4]; [Jer 49:27] of Tyre [Isa 23:13]; [Amos 1:10] of Babylon [Isa 25:2] (singular collective), compare [Isa 13:22] where read אַרְמְנוֺתָיו for אלמנותיו so ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵑ9 Che Di (|| היכלים; compare [Ezek 19:7] according to ᵑ7 and others, but see rather מעון; DlBD xi defends ᵑ0 in [Ezek 19:7] & compare Assyrian almattu, fortress); of Edom [Isa 34:13], of Gaza [Amos 1:7], of Rabbah [Amos 1:14], of Bozrah [Amos 1:12], of Kerioth [Amos 2:2], of Ashdod [Amos 3:9], of Egypt [Amos 3:9].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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