HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4956
מִשְׂרְפוֹת מַיִם
mis.r.phot ma.yim — Misrephoth-maim
§ Misrephoth-maim = "burnings of water" a place in northern Palestine near Sidon
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Misrephoth-maim
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Historical dictionary entry
Burning of waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a place to which Joshua pursued a party of Canaanites after the defeat of Jabin (Josh. 11:8). It is identified with the ruin Musheirifeh, at the promontory of en-Nakhurah, some 11 miles north of Acre.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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