Carmel
/ˈkɑːr.məl/noun
A biblical mountain in northern Israel; also a female given name and a place name.
Did you know?In Hebrew, Carmel is linked to *karmel*, meaning a fruitful garden or vineyard-land, and Mount Carmel became famous in the Bible as a place of dramatic prophetic confrontation.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Hebrew
Heb
כַּרְמֶל (karmel)
“A fruitful field, garden land, or vineyard country”
Hebrew Bible
Heb
Carmel
“The name of a mountain range in northern Israel, associated with fertile land”
Greek
Grk
Κάρμηλος / Κάρμηλ (Karmēlos / Karmēl)
“A transliterated place name used in biblical and later Greek texts”
Latin
Lat
Carmelus
“The biblical and geographic name carried into Latin scripture and scholarship”
Modern English
Eng
Carmel
“A proper noun used for the biblical mountain, places, and personal names”