חומה

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Ugaritic 𐎈𐎎𐎚 (ḥmt, “wall”).

Noun

חוֹמָה • (khomá) f (plural indefinite חוֹמוֹת‎, singular construct חוֹמַת־‎, plural construct חוֹמוֹת־‎)

large, high wall, usually of stone or brick, that serves or once served as a barrier to the passage of people or animals

Derived terms

חוֹמַת בֶּרְלִין‎ (khomát berlin)

References

H2346 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
“חומה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

חומה‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

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