חֲמָת, חֲמַת proper name, of a location (√ dubious; Thes MV and others derive from חָמָה, חֲמָת = fortress, or (see RSSemitic i, 140), sacred enclosure, temenos, µim¹, compare HalJAS 7 ème Sér. x, 392, LagBN 82, 156; but no certainty that name is Shemitic; Arabic , Assyrian Amattu, DlPA 275 ff.Prov 174); — modern „amaâ, on el-±A±ƒi (Orontes), 38 hours (approximately 115 miles) north of Damascus, see BdPal 398 f. It had a king, תֹּעִי, in David's time [2Sam 8:9] = [1Chr 18:9], and in 8th cent. B.C. [2Kgs 19:13] = [Isa 37:13] gods of its own [2Kgs 17:30]; [2Kgs 18:34] = [Isa 36:19] gave its name to land (limits unknown) ׳רִבְלָה בְּאֶרֶץ ח [2Kgs 23:33]; [2Kgs 25:21]; [Jer 39:5]; [Jer 52:9]; [Jer 52:27], compare [2Chr 8:4] contained Israel exiles [Isa 11:11] furnished colonists for Samaria [2Kgs 17:24] (compare v[2Kgs 17:30] above) after being conquered by Sargon, (COT [2Kgs 17:24]; [2Kgs 18:34] compare [Isa 10:9]). It is called great Hamath by [Amos 6:2] (חֲמַת רַבָּה, חֲמַת֯ only here). ׳ח is mentioned with דַּמֶּשֶׂק, צֹר, צִידוֺן in prophecy against land Hadrach (חַדְרָךְ) [Zech 9:2], compare [Jer 49:23]. Often in phrase ׳(עַדֿ) לְבאֹ ח = the entrance to H., i.e. the approach to H., as territorial limit [Judg 3:3] usually as denoting (ideal) northern limit of Israel territory [Josh 13:5]; [Num 13:21]; [Num 34:8]; [Amos 6:14]; [1Kgs 8:65] = [2Chr 7:8]; [2Kgs 14:25]; [1Chr 13:5] חֲמָ֑תָה [1Chr 18:3] צובָה ׳ח [2Chr 8:3], and הֵשִׁיב לִיחוּדָה ׳אֶתדַּֿמֶּשֶׂק וְאֶתחֿ [2Kgs 14:28] so also [Ezek 47:48]: ׳גְּבוּל ח [Ezek 47:17], compare V:16 b + V:16 a (strike out Co); ׳לְבוֺא ח [Ezek 48:1], compare [Ezek 47:20] ׳אֶליַֿד ח [Ezek 48:1].
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