Yoqmeam: "let the people be established," a city in Northern Israel Original Word: יָקְמְעָם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Yoqmeam
Phonetic Spelling: (yok-meh-awm')
Short Definition: Jokmeam
Word Origin
from qum and am
Definition
"let the people be established," a city in N. Isr.
NASB Translation
Jokmeam (2).
יָקְמְעָם proper name, of a location (perhaps = יְקָמְעָם i.e. יָ֫קָם עָם Ol§ 277k, 3; = let the people be established ? compare GrayProp. N. 218); — in Northern Israel 1 Kings 4:12, Λουκαμ, ᵐ5L Ουκαμ; possibly = modern Tel Kaimûn, north of Megiddo, BuhlGeogr. 210; city of refuge in Ephraim 1 Chronicles 6:53 ( = קִבְצַיִם [q. v.] Joshua 21:22), Ικααμ, Ιεκμααν, etc. קוֺנֵן see קין.
Jokmeam From quwm and am; (the) people will be raised; Jokmeam, a place in Palestine -- Jokmeam. Compare Yqam'am, Yoqn'am. see HEBREW quwm see HEBREW am see HEBREW Yqam'am see HEBREW Yoqn'am
יָקְמְעָם֙ יקמעם לְיָקְמֳעָֽם׃ ליקמעם׃ lə·yā·qə·mo·‘ām leyakemoAm ləyāqəmo‘ām yā·qə·mə·‘ām yakemeAm yāqəmə‘ām
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