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    Hamonah

    הֲמוֹנָהֿ

    Hamonah is a city mentioned in Ezekiel's vision (Ezk.39.16), its name meaning "multitude" or "horde," likely referring to the burial place of Gog's army.

    Where the story of Hamonah happens Where the gazetteer locates Hamonah, framed to them: Hamonah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Hamonah
    Where the gazetteer locates Hamonah
    verses
    1
    first named
    Ezekiel 39:16
    last named
    Ezekiel 39:16
    feature
    settlement

    Description

    Hamonah in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Hamonah is a city mentioned in the prophetic vision of Ezekiel, specifically in Ezk.39.16. The name "Hamonah" is derived from the Hebrew word "hamon," meaning "multitude" or "horde."

    In the context of Ezekiel's prophecy, Hamonah is associated with the aftermath of the battle against Gog and his armies. The preceding verses describe how God will strike down Gog and his hordes on the mountains of Israel, leaving their bodies to be consumed by birds and beasts (Ezk.39.1-4).

    The slain army of Gog will be so numerous that it will take seven months for the people of Israel to bury them and cleanse the land (Ezk.39.12-14). The place where Gog's multitude is buried will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog, meaning "the multitude of Gog" (Ezk.39.11).

    After this burial, the city nearby will be renamed Hamonah (Ezk.39.16). The renaming of the city to "Multitude" or "Horde" serves as a lasting reminder of the immense number of Gog's soldiers who were defeated and buried there.

    The exact location of Hamonah is not specified in the text, and there is no historical record of a city by this name. As Ezekiel's prophecy is highly symbolic and apocalyptic, the city of Hamonah may not refer to a literal, physical city but rather serves as a metaphor for the complete destruction and burial of God's enemies.

    The prophecy of Hamonah and the defeat of Gog underscores God's ultimate victory over the forces of evil and His protection of His people, Israel. It also emphasizes the importance of cleansing the land from the defilement caused by sin and God's enemies.

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    Direct connections

    Every relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends of an edge always agree. Neither end of one reaches this entity.

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    The pattern

    Where Hamonah is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKSEZEKIEL1 VERSE25 books and 802 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKSEZEKIEL1 VERSE25 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Hamonah is named in 1 verse — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 65 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. Ezekiel1 verse

      39:16

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    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

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