צַלְמוֹןTsalmôwn

צַלְמוֺן: 1.

Pronunciation: tsal-mone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6756

Meanings

near Shechem, not identified (Judges 9:48)

2. snow-capped mountain, probably east of Jordan (Psalms 68:14)

צַלְמוֺן: proper name, masculine: a hero of David (2 Samuel 2:1-200; 2 Samuel 23:28; 2 Samuel 11:29)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 9:48 so he led his forces to Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and chopped some branches from a tree, then put them on his shoulder. “Quick, do as I have done!” he told his men.
  • 2 Samuel 23:28 Zalmon from Ahoah; Maharai from Netophah;
  • Psalms 68:14 The Almighty scattered the enemy kings like a blowing snowstorm on Mount Zalmon.

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).