חֶרְמוֹן

חֶרְמוֺן proper name, of a mountain Hermon (sacred mountain, compare Sabean מחרם, etc., temple, Arabic interior of mosque, asylum, Wetzst^ZKW see 1884, 115 RS^{Semitic i, 93; 2nd ed., 94}) — the highest peak of Anti-Lebanon range, usually snow-capped, commanding southern Syria & northern Palestine; it is called שִׂיאֹן by the author of 5 Mos 4,48 by the Amorites שְׂנִיר, by the Sidonians שִׂרְיֹן 5 Mos 3,9. It has three peaks; and the names חרמון and שׂניר, distinguished in 1 Kron 5,23; Hoj 4,8, may refer to two of these peaks; חֶרְמוֺנִים Sl 42,7 probably refers to these different peaks (see Rob^{BR iii. 357} Bäd^{Pal 301}). It is a northern boundary ׳עד הר ח 5 Mos 3,8; Jos 12,1 הר חרמוֺן mount Hermon is used also Jos 11,17; Jos 12,5; Jos 13,5; Jos 13,11; 1 Kron 5,23 but חרמון Jos 11,3; Sl 89,13; Sl 133,3; Hoj 4,8. see בַּעַל חֶרְמוֺן Dom 3,3; 1 Kron 5,23 (see Wetzst^{ib. 115}).

חֶרְמוֺנִים see foregoing.