Alemeth

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This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.


In the Hebrew Bible, Alemeth was:

  • One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:8).
  • One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1 Chronicles 8:36).
  • A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 6:60), called also Almon (Joshua 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth.

The word alemeth means covering.