Comentario sobre Génesis 10:26
וְיָקְטָ֣ן יָלַ֔ד אֶת־אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד וְאֶת־שָׁ֑לֶף וְאֶת־חֲצַרְמָ֖וֶת וְאֶת־יָֽרַח׃
Y Joctán engendró á Almodad, y á Sheleph, y Hazarmaveth, y á Jera,
Rashi on Genesis
חצרמות He was so called (Court of Death) after his city. So is the statement of the Agada (Genesis Rabbah 37:8).
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Radak on Genesis
חצרמות, this is one word though it may sound as if it should be two words.
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Siftei Chakhamim
He was so called because of his city. [The Aggadah explains that] the people of that city awaited death [מות] every day, because they [were very poor] and ate animal fodder.
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