A town in the shephelah or "rolling hills" of Judah (Joshua 15:40). From the same root as Bethlehem, "the house of bread." Now El Hamam, six miles S.E. of Ajlan or Eglon, in a wheat-producing region.
Bibliography Information Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Lahmam' Fausset's Bible Dictionary". bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.