{"def":{"lit":"fortress of Chemosh","short":"Karkemish, a place in Syria","long":["a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar"]},"deriv":"of foreign derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"kɑr.kɛ̆ˈmɪi̯ʃ","ipa_mod":"kɑʁ.kɛ̆ˈmiːʃ","sbl":"karkĕmîš","dic":"kahr-keh-MEESH","dic_mod":"kahr-keh-MEESH"}}