2346. chomah
Lexical Summary
chomah: a wall
Original Word: חוֹמָה
Transliteration: chomah
Phonetic Spelling: (kho-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a wall
Meaning: a wall of protection
Strong's Concordance
wall, walled

Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection -- wall, walled.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2346. chomah

חוֺמָה133 noun feminine wall (as protection; construct חמת‎ MI21; 21) — absolute ׳חLeviticus 25:29 59t. (including לְהַחוֺמָהNehemiah 12:38); חֹמָהExodus 14:29 8t.; construct חוֺמַתJoshua 6:5 28t.; suffix חוֺמָתָהּNahum 2:6; 3:8; pl, absolute חוֺמוֺת2 Chronicles 8:5; Isaiah 26:1; חֹמוֺתSong of Solomon 5:7; construct חוֺמוֺת‎ Psalm 51:20; חוֺמֹת2 Kings 25:10 9t.; suffix חוֺמֹתַיIsaiah 56:5; חֹמֹתֶיךָDeuteronomy 28:52; Isaiah 25:12; חוֺמוֺתַיִךְEzekiel 26:10, 12; 27:11 (twice in verse); חוֺמֹתַיִךְIsaiah 49:16 2t.; חֹמֹתַיִךְ60:10; חֹמוֺתָ֑יִךְEzekiel 26:9; חוֺמוֺתֶיהָJeremiah 50:15; חוֺמֹתֶיהָPsalm 55:11; Jeremiah 1:15; dual חוֺמֹתַיִםIsaiah 22:11; חֹמֹתַיִם2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; חֹמֹתָ֑יִם39:4 (on form see Ol§ 113 a); —

1 usually term for wall of city Deuteronomy 28:52; Joshua 2:15; 6:5, 20 (all J E), 1 Samuel 31:10, 12; 2 Samuel 11:20-21, (twice in verse); 2 Kings 18:26-27, = Isaiah 36:11; 36:12; Amos 1:7; 1:10; 1:14; Isaiah 2:15; Isaiah 20:10; Isaiah 20:11; 25:12; Nahum 2:6; 3:8; Ezekiel 26:9 +, Jeremiah 1:15 +, Joel 2:7, 9; הַחֹמֹתַיִם בֵּין‎ (of Jerusalem) i.e. between the two walls of the Ophel and the southwest hill respectively, of a reservoir Isaiah 22:11, a gate 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 34:4 = 52:7; symbol of Israel, Amos 7:7; 2 Chronicles 8:5; 14:6; 25:23; 26:6 (3 t. in verse); Psalm 51:20; Nehemiah 1:3 31t. in Nehemiah; אֲנָךְ חוֺמַתAmos 7:7 (literally wall of a plummet) is of doubtful meaning: a wall built plumb, or by means of a plumb-line ? We thinks unintelligible; חוֺמָה עִיר‎ = walled city, Leviticus 25:29, ח לֹא אשׁר ׳עִיר25:30 (לֹא‎ = לוֺ‎), opposed to ח להם אין אשׁר ׳הַחֲצֵרִים25:31 (all H); more elaborately ח בְּצֻרֹת ׳עָרִים וּבְרִ֑יחַ דְּלָתַיִם גְבֹהָהDeuteronomy 3:5, compare 2 Chronicles 8:5; ׳ע נְחשֶׁת וּבְרִיחַ חוֺמָה גְּדֹלוֺת1 Kings 4:13; ח ׳בְצוּרָהIsaiah 2:15; ׳ח‎ singular of wall of Jerusalem 1 Kings 3:1 + often; contempt. אַבְנֵיהֶם חוֺמַת‎ Nehemiah 3:35; less often plural Nehemiah 2:13 +; of specific portions of wall ׳ח הָעֹפֶל2 Chronicles 27:3; Nehemiah 3:27; ׳ח הַשֶּׁלַח בְּרֵבַת3:15; הָֽרְחָבָה ׳הַח3:8; 12:38; also (generally) of Babylon Jeremiah 51:58. — Men build, בנה‎, the ׳ח1 Kings 9:15 +, especially (of rebuilding), Nehemiah 2:17 +; fortify it בִּצֵּרIsaiah 22:10; it is joined together קשׁר‎ Nehemiah 3:38; is repaired לְח אֲרוּכָה ׳עָֽלְתָהNehemiah 4:1; it falls נפלJoshua 6:5, 20; 1 Kings 20:30; Ezekiel 38:20; the enemy makes it fall הִמִּיל2 Samuel 20:15 (preceded by מַשְׁחִית‎ si vera lectio, see Dr); destroys it הִשְׁחִיתLamentations 2:8; שִׁהֵתEzekiel 26:4; makes a breach in it בּ ׳מָּרַץ2 Kings 14:13 2 Chronicles 25:23, compare פרץ‎ with accusative 26:6; Nehemiah 3:35, and הַמְּרוּצָה אֶתכֿלהֿח ׳וֶיִּבֶן32:5; also (in simile) ח ואין מְּרוּצָה ׳עִירProverbs 25:28; and Punic participle מְפֹרָ֑צֶתNehemiah 1:3; one breakes it down נָתַץ2 Kings 25:10; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 39:8; 52:14; tears it down הָרַסEzekiel 26:12, compare passive Jeremiah 50:15; Amos predicts that ׳י‎ will send fire into wall (of Gaza, etc.): בְּח אֵשׁ ׳וְשִׁלַּחְתִּיAmos 1:7, 10; or kindle fire in בְּח אֵשׁ ׳וְהִצַּתִּי‎ vAmos 1:14, so Jeremiah 49:27.

2 wall of a building:

a. citadel, fortress; ׳ח ארמנותיהLamentations 2:7.

b. surrounding new temple Ezekiel 40:5; 42:20.

3 figurative of waters of Red Sea Exodus 14:22, 29 (P), compare Nahum 3:8; of David's men as protectors of Nabal's shepherds 1 Samuel 25:16; of prophet as object of assault נְחשֶׁת חוֺמַתJeremiah 1:18; ׳ח בְּצוּרָה נחשׁת15:20; of strong, virtuous woman Song of Solomon 8:9-10, of salvation, יְשׁוּעָה‎, as defence Isaiah 26:1 ("" חֵל‎); of ׳י‎ himself אֵשׁ ׳חZechariah 2:9; a dangerous political scheme is called breach in ׳ח נִשְׁגָּבָהIsaiah 30:13; ׳ח נִשְׂגָּבָה‎ in simile of wealth Proverbs 18:11 ("" עֻזּוֺ קִרְיַת‎); a reckless man is ח אֵין מְּרוּצָה ׳עִיר25:28.








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