Strong's Lexicon

H1989

H1989 — הַלמוּת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewhalmuwthnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 502a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1989
Word:הַלמוּת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H1986
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:halmuwth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:hal-mooth'
Meaning:1. a hammer (or mallet)
KJV Renderings:hammer.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2181

הַלְמוּת noun feminine hammer, mallet, only construct עֲמֵלִים ׳ ה Judg 5:26 a workman's hammer.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הלמות (hal-mooth’)

Judges 5:26

KJV: She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.with…: Heb. she hammered
EHCC: her right hand fo the workmen's hammer;
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