מֵרוֹם

Strong’s Definition

Merom, a lake in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

formed like H4791 (מָרוֹם); height;

KJV Usage

Merom.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the lake in northern canaan at which joshua routed the northern confederacy headed by jabin
• 2.site uncertain; probably the lake formed by the jordan river about 10 miles (16 km) north of the sea of galilee

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mêrôwm; Pronunciation: may-rome'