HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1336
בֶּ֫תֶר
be.ter — cleft
§ Bether = "cleft" a mountainous region in Palestine
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Bether
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Dissection or separation, certain mountains mentioned in Cant. 2:17; probably near Lebanon.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.