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1 Samuel 25:16
“They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חוֹמָהchôwmâh · kho-maw'
H2346 · Hebrew
H2346 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a wall of protection
- Derivation
- feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join;
- KJV renderings
- wall, walled.
- Grammar
- חוֹמָה֙ — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 133 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 14:22Exodus 14:29Leviticus 25:29Leviticus 25:30Leviticus 25:31
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חוֹמָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.