How to Pronounce Jarmuth

JAHR-muhth

Jarmuth is pronounced JAHR-muhth (ˈdʒɑːmʌθ): two syllables, stress on the first.

What does Jarmuth mean?

Jarmuth means “fearing, or seeing, or throwing down, death”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Jarmuth?

Height. (1.) A town in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:35), originally the residence of one of the Canaanitish kings (10:3, 5, 23). It has been identified with the modern Yarmuk, a village about 7 miles north-east of Beit-Jibrin. (2.) A Levitical city of the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 21:29), supposed by some to be the Ramah of Samuel (1 Sam. 19:22).

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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