חֻמְטָה (chum.tah)
chum.tah
Humtah
N:N--LQuick Reference
- Language
- Biblical Hebrew
- Testament
- Old Testament
- Occurrences
- 1 verses
- Root
- —
- Part of speech
- N:N--L
Word Overview
The noun chumtah refers to a specific town located in the highlands of Judah, identified as being near Hebron. Its name translates to "place of lizards," likely reflecting the local geography or wildlife characteristic of that area.
This location appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, listed among the fortified cities assigned to the tribe of Judah in Joshua 15:54. The brief mention serves primarily as a geographical marker within the broader narrative of territorial distribution rather than carrying independent theological weight.
Based on public-domain lexicons (Strong's, Thayer, Gesenius, Brown-Driver-Briggs and others).
What This Word Means for Your Faith
When we read through the list of towns assigned to Judah in Joshua 15, it is easy to skip over names like Humtah. They appear as simple geographical markers, part of a long inventory of land distribution. Yet these places were real homes for real families who trusted God with their daily lives.
This single mention reminds us that God’s promises are not just abstract ideas but concrete realities. He cared about specific plots of ground and the people living on them. Your own life, with its particular details and locations, is known to Him just as thoroughly.
Even when a place seems insignificant in the grand narrative, it holds a permanent record in Scripture. This offers comfort that no part of your story is overlooked or forgotten by the One who guides history.
How it's translated
How this word is rendered word-by-word in the 1 verses where it appears, by frequency.
- and/ Humtah1×
Forms in the text
The inflected forms of this word as they appear in Scripture, by frequency.
- וְ/חֻמְטָ֗ה1×
Key Verses
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Joshua 15:54
Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
This verse places Humtah within the specific inheritance of Judah, showing how God fulfilled His promise to allocate land to each tribe with precision.