כַּרְמֶל

1. mountain-promontory on Mediterranean, with fertile slopes, Tel el-Amarna (Ginti-) Kirmil, Jastr^{JBL xi. 1892, 115}; Jos 19,26, ׳הַרהַֿכּ 1 Kong 18,19; 1 Kong 18,20; 2 Kong 2,25; 2 Kong 4,25 ׳ראֹשׁ הַכּ Amos 1,2; Amos 9,3; 1 Kong 18,42 with article also Jos 12,22 and, + בָּשָׁן, Jer 50,19, as pasturage (in figurative of Israel as flock of ׳י), compare (׳כ without article) Mik 7,14 (less probably rend. garden-land, I. כַּרְמִל, so We GASm); ׳הַכּ Es 35,2 ( + הַלְּבָּנוֺן הַשָּׁרוֺן) ׳כ Es 33,9 (+ לְבָנוֺן הַשָּׁרוֺן and בָּשָׁן, marking extent of land), Nah 1,4 (+ לְבָנוֺן בָּשָׁן); כְּכַרְמֶל בַּיָּם Jer 46,18 (simile of Nebuchadnezzar); Hoj 7,6 ׳ראֹשֵׁךְ עָלַיִךְ כַּכּ (but see כַּרְמִיל); — on Carmel see GASm^{G. 337 ff.} Buhl^{G. 23.}

2. city, 3 h. south of Hebron, כַּרְמֶל Jos 15,55 ׳בַּכּ 1 Sam 25,2 (twice in verse); 1 Sam 25,7 כַּרְמֶ֫לָה v1 Sam 25,5 (= to Carmel); הַכַּרְמֶ֫לָה 1 Sam 15,12; 1 Sam 25,40. — Modern Kurmul, Rob ^{BR i. 492-498, ii. 97} Buhl^{G. 163}.