חֲמָת
cha.mat (H6678G)
(Zobah)-Hamath
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "חֲמָת" (cha.mat) is a proper noun that refers to a specific place or region, known as Zobah-Hamath. The name appears 11 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the ancient context. The word "חֲמָת" is likely a toponym, a name given to a geographical location. Its connection to Zobah suggests that it may have been a neighboring city or region. The fact that it appears multiple times in the Bible implies that it was an important location in the ancient world, possibly a city or a kingdom. The significance of "חֲמָת" lies in its role as a place name, providing context for the events and stories that unfold in the surrounding text. Its repeated appearance in the Bible underscores its importance in the ancient narrative, but its meaning and significance remain tied to its geographical and cultural context.
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Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them.
David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians.
of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
God raised up an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.