 rimmon (hebrew "pomegranate") may refer to: == hebrew bible == upright|right|thumb|a map showing rimmon in ancient galilee * a man of beeroth (2 samuel 4:2), one of the four gibeonite cities. (see joshua 9:17.) * a syrian cult image, mentioned only in 2 kings 5:18. in syria this deity was known as âbaalâ (âthe lordâ par excellence), in assyria as âramanuâ (âthe thundererâ). * one of the "uttermost cities" of judah, afterwards given to simeon (josh. 15:21, 32; 19:7; 1 chronicles 4:32). in josh. 15:32 ain and rimmon are mentioned separately, but in 19:7 and 1 chr. 4:32 the two words are probably to be combined, as forming together the name of one place, ain-rimmon = "the spring of the pomegranate" (compare nehemiah 11:29). it has been identified with um er-rumamin, about 13 miles south-west of hebron. * the rock of rimmon, where the benjamites fled (judges 20:45, 47; 21:13), and where they maintained themselves for four months after the battle at gibeah. it is the present village of rammun, "on the very edge of the hill country, with a precipitous descent toward the jordan valley," supposed to be the site of ai. == other == upright|right|thumb|torah with rimmonim * an ornament of the torah scroll (pl. rimmonim) * "rimmon", a poem by rudyard kipling * rimmon, an israeli weekly publication ==see also== *rumman (disambiguation) he:×¨×××× ja:ãªã³ã¢ã¼ã³
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