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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2688
chats.tson ta.mar — Hazazon-tamar
Hazezon-tamar = "dividing the date-palm" a town situated in the desert Judah; Another name of en ge.di (עֵין גֶּ֫דִי "Engedi" H5872)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Pruning of the palm, the original name of the place afterwards called ENGEDI (q.v.), Gen. 14:7; called also HAZAZON-TAMAR (2 Chr. 20:2).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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