מְשִׁלֵּמוֹת
me.shil.le.mot
Meshillemoth
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided data, Meshillemoth (me.shil.le.mot) is a proper noun that refers to a place with a significant name. The name is likely derived from the Hebrew root ת-ל-מ, which does not have a clear meaning in this context. The root may be a combination or a unique name with no direct semantic relation to the other Hebrew roots. The proper noun occurs only once in the Bible, which suggests that it is a specific location, possibly a town, village, or a geographical feature. The uniqueness of its name, paired with the rarity of its occurrence, indicates that Meshillemoth held importance in the context of its description, but its current relevance is unclear without more information. Given its single occurrence, Meshillemoth is a place name without additional context, so its significance is limited to its identification and description in the specific passage in which it appears.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text