Places

מִכְמָס Mikmas

Every verse in which this name stands — 11 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 400×11 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place in Palestine. The name stands eleven times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 13:2 and last at Nehemiah 11:31.

1 Samuel 13:2שמואל א יג:ב

וַיִּבְחַר־לוֹ שָׁאוּל שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּהְיוּ עִם־שָׁאוּל אַלְפַּיִם בְּמִכְמָשׂ וּבְהַר בֵּֽית־אֵל וְאֶלֶף הָיוּ עִם־יוֹנָתָן בְּגִבְעַת בִּנְיָמִין וְיֶתֶר הָעָם שִׁלַּח אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָֽיו

And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeath-benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

1 Samuel 13:5שמואל א יג:ה

וּפְלִשְׁתִּים נֶאֶסְפוּ לְהִלָּחֵם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף רֶכֶב וְשֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים פָּרָשִׁים וְעָם כַּחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַֽת־הַיָּם לָרֹב וַֽיַּעֲלוּ וַיַּחֲנוּ בְמִכְמָשׂ קִדְמַת בֵּית אָֽוֶן

And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and pitched in Michmas, eastward of Beth-aven.

1 Samuel 13:11שמואל א יג:יא

וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל מֶה עָשִׂיתָ וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל כִּֽי־רָאִיתִי כִֽי־נָפַץ הָעָם מֵעָלַי וְאַתָּה לֹא־בָאתָ לְמוֹעֵד הַיָּמִים וּפְלִשְׁתִּים נֶאֱסָפִים מִכְמָֽשׂ

And Samuel said: ‘What hast thou done?’ And Saul said: ‘Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together against Michmas;

1 Samuel 13:16שמואל א יג:טז

וְשָׁאוּל וְיוֹנָתָן בְּנוֹ וְהָעָם הַנִּמְצָא עִמָּם יֹשְׁבִים בְּגֶבַע בִּנְיָמִן וּפְלִשְׁתִּים חָנוּ בְמִכְמָֽשׂ

And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeath-benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmas.

1 Samuel 13:23שמואל א יג:כג

וַיֵּצֵא מַצַּב פְּלִשְׁתִּים אֶֽל־מַעֲבַר מִכְמָֽשׂ

And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.

1 Samuel 14:5שמואל א יד:ה

הַשֵּׁן הָאֶחָד מָצוּק מִצָּפוֹן מוּל מִכְמָשׂ וְהָאֶחָד מִנֶּגֶב מוּל גָּֽבַע

The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba.

1 Samuel 14:31שמואל א יד:לא

וַיַּכּוּ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים מִמִּכְמָשׂ אַיָּלֹנָה וַיָּעַף הָעָם מְאֹֽד

And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aijalon; and the people were very faint.

Isaiah 10:28ישעיהו י:כח

בָּא עַל־עַיַּת עָבַר בְּמִגְרוֹן לְמִכְמָשׂ יַפְקִיד כֵּלָֽיו

He is come to Aiath, He is passed through Migron; At Michmas he layeth up his baggage;

Ezra 2:27עזרא ב:כז

אַנְשֵׁי מִכְמָס מֵאָה עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנָֽיִם

The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two.

Nehemiah 7:31נחמיה ז:לא

אַנְשֵׁי מִכְמָס מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנָֽיִם

The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two.

Nehemiah 11:31נחמיה יא:לא

וּבְנֵי בִנְיָמִן מִגָּבַע מִכְמָשׂ וְעַיָּה וּבֵֽית־אֵל וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ

And the children of Benjamin from Geba onward, at Michmas and Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Mikmas?

Mikmas — מכמש in Hebrew — has a gematria of 400 in the standard method.

How many times is Mikmas named in the Tanakh?

11 times, first at 1 Samuel 13:2.

A spelling is not a name. The written word מכמש stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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