חָרְמָה proper name, of a location (asylum, compare Arabic id., Wetzst^ZKW see 1884, 115) — a royal city of Canaanites, in the South, in tribe of Simeon Numbers 14:45 (J E; article only here see Di), Numbers 21:3 (J) where name explanation from Israel's devoting Canaanites of Arad to destruction; Joshua 15:30; Joshua 19:4 (P), Deuteronomy 1:44; Joshua 12:14 (D), 1 Samuel 30:30; 1 Chronicles 4:30; originally called צְפַת Judges 1:17, where name is said to have been changed to Hormah because Judah and Simeon (after death of Joshua) devoted its inhabitants to destruction, see Di Numbers 21:3. — On site see צְפַת.