Word Study · Strong's H4411 · Hebrew
מָלוֹן
malon
maw-lone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mâlôwn
“a lodgment, i.e. caravanserai or encampment”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a lodgment, i.e. caravanserai or encampment
Rendered in the KJV as
inn, place where...lodge, lodging (place).
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- בַּמָּל֑וֹן2
- בַּמָּל֕וֹן1
- הַמָּל֗וֹן1
- הַמָּל֔וֹן1
- מְל֣וֹן1
- מְלוֹן֙1
- מָל֣וֹן1
How it is rendered · 5
- at the lodging place3
- the lodging place2
- [the] lodging place of1
- [will be] a lodging place1
- a lodging place of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HRd/Ncmsa · 3
- HNcmsc · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsa · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 42:27בַּמָּל֑וֹןbamalonpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAt the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.here: at the lodging place
- Genesis 43:21הַמָּל֗וֹןhamalonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.here: the lodging place
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 4:3בַּמָּל֕וֹןbamalonpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularand command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”here: at the lodging place
- Joshua 4:8הַמָּל֔וֹןhamalonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.here: the lodging place