חֶתְלֹןChethlôn
proper name [of a location]: on the extreme northern boundary of Israel territory (in Ezekiel's conception) (Ezekiel 47:15; Ezekiel 48:1)
Pronunciation: kheth-lone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2855
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Ezekiel 47:15 “These are the boundaries of the land: The northern border will run from the Mediterranean toward Hethlon, then on through Lebo-hamath to Zedad;
- Ezekiel 48:1 “Here is the list of the tribes of Israel and the territory each is to receive. The territory of Dan is in the extreme north. Its boundary line follows the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath and then runs on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus, with Hamath to the north. Dan’s territory extends all the way across the land of Israel from east to west.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).