חומה
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎎𐎚 (ḥmt, “wall”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
חוֹמָה • (ḥomá) f (plural indefinite חוֹמוֹת, singular construct חוֹמַת־, plural construct חוֹמוֹת־)
- a wall, a structure built for defense around a city, castle, etc.
- Tanach, Isaiah 62:6, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:
- עַל־חוֹמֹתַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַם הִפְקַדְתִּי שֹׁמְרִים כָּל־הַיּוֹם וְכָל־הַלַּיְלָה
- 'al-ḥomotáich yərušaláim hifqadtí šomərím kol-hayyóm vəchól-halláyla
- On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, all day and all night
Derived terms edit
- חוֹמַת בֶּרְלִין (khomát berlin)
References edit
- H2346 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “חומה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading edit
חומה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
