כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
Used: 3 times · Key: 3751 · BDB: כַּרְכְּמִישׁ
Glosses
Carchemish (3)
Meaning (OSHB)
Carchemish tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.pr.loc. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.pr.loc., city on Euphrates (Assyrian Kargamis, Gargamis, cf. DlPar 265 ff.; Egyptian Ḳa-rï-ḳa-mḁï(?)-šḁ WMM Asien u. Europa 263; etym. dub.; according to Hoffm Auszüge Act. Pers. Märt. 163 RSProph. i. n. 5 = ‘Castle of Mish,’ cf. Dl l.c.);—כַּרְכְּמִישׁ Is 10:9 2 Ch 35:20 (𝔊L Χαρχαμεις), כַּרְכְּמִשׁ Je 46:2 (𝔊 Χαρμεις, Καρχαμεις). Hittite capital, E. bank of Euphr., mod. Jerabîs, or Jerbâs; Schr KGF 221 ff.; COT, on Is 10, 9 Dl l.c.; Jen ZA vii. (1892), 365 thinks he reads G(K)ar-g(k)a-mi-si(e)-ras = ‘king of Karkemish’ on (‘Hittite’) inscr. from Karkemish.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «כַּרְכְּמִישׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
הֲלֹ֥א כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ כַּלְנ֑וֹ אִם־לֹ֤א כְאַרְפַּד֙ חֲמָ֔ת אִם־לֹ֥א כְדַמֶּ֖שֶׂק שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃
Word for word: ? not like Carchemish [is].Calneh or? not like Arpad [is].Hamath or? not like Damascus [is].Samaria
JPS 1917: Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
אַחֲרֵ֣י כָל־זֹ֗את אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵכִ֤ין יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֔יִת עָלָ֞ה נְכ֧וֹ מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֛יִם לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם בְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ עַל־פְּרָ֑ת וַיֵּצֵ֥א לִקְרָאת֖וֹ יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ׃
Word for word: after all this when he.had.prepared Josiah (et) the house he.went.up Necho the.king of.Egypt to do.battle at Carchemish on [the].Euphrates and he.went.out to meet him Josiah
JPS 1917: After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.
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