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H7484 · Hebrew · Old Testament
רִמֹּון
Rimmown
Proper Noun — Place
pomegranate

Definition

Rimmown (H7484) means 'pomegranate' and appears as a place name for several locations in Israel. Notably: (1) a rock in Benjamin where Saul's remnant fled (Judg 20:45), (2) a town in Zebulun (Josh 19:13), (3) a Levitical city (1 Chr 6:77). The pomegranate was a symbol of fruitfulness in the Promised Land.

Usage & Theological Significance

The pomegranate (rimmon) was woven into the fabric of Israel's sacred life — its image was embroidered on the hem of the high priest's robe (Ex 28:33-34) and cast in bronze on the pillars of Solomon's temple (1 Kgs 7:18). It appears in the Song of Songs as an image of beauty and abundance (4:3; 6:7). The Rock of Rimmon where 600 Benjaminites survived (Judg 20:47) becomes a picture of the remnant theology — when tribes nearly destroy one another, God preserves a seed. The pomegranate's many seeds clustered in one fruit became a symbol of unity in diversity, used in later Jewish thought as an image of the community of Torah.

Key Bible Verses

Judges 20:47 Six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon.
1 Kings 7:18 He made the pillars with two rows around each latticework to cover the capitals; and he did the same with the other capital. And the pomegranates (rimmonim) numbered two hundred.
Exodus 28:33 On its hem you shall make pomegranates (rimmonim) of blue, purple and scarlet yarns.
Song of Solomon 4:3 Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate (rimmon) behind your veil.
Numbers 20:5 It is no place for grain or figs or vines or pomegranates (rimmonim), and there is no water to drink.

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