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al'-e-meth (`allemeth, "concealment"; the King James Version Alemeth, 1Ch 6:60): Name of a town in tribe of Benjamin, near Anathoth, one of the cities given to the sons of Aaron, the same as Almon of Jos 21:18. The the King James Version ALEMETH (which see) is based upon the Hebrew reading `alemeth. Its site is the modern Almit, a village a short distance Northeast of Anathoth.