חׇרְמָה

חָרְמָה proper name, of a location (asylum, compare Arabic id., Wetzst^ZKW see 1884, 115) — a royal city of Canaanites, in the South, in tribe of Simeon 4 Mos 14,45 (J E; article only here see Di), 4 Mos 21,3 (J) where name explanation from Israel's devoting Canaanites of Arad to destruction; Jos 15,30; Jos 19,4 (P), 5 Mos 1,44; Jos 12,14 (D), 1 Sam 30,30; 1 Kron 4,30 originally called צְפַת Dom 1,17, where name is said to have been changed to Hormah because Judah and Simeon (after death of Joshua) devoted its inhabitants to destruction, see Di 4 Mos 21,3. — On site see צְפַת.