HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3157
יִזְרְעֶאל
yiz.re.el — Jezreel
Jezreel = "God sows" a city in the Nekeb of Judah Also named: yiz.re.e.li (יִזְרְעֵאלִי "Jezreel" H3158)
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Nekeb
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6107
עֶ֫צֶם
e.tsem — Ezem
§ Azem or Ezem = "bone" a city in the Nekeb of Judah afterwards allotted to Simeon
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5346
הַנֶּ֫קֶב
ne.qev — (Adami)-nekeb
Combined with a.da.mi (אֲדָמִי "Adami" H0129) § Nekeb or Nekeb = "cavern" one of the towns on the boundary of Naphtali
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8224
שִׂפְמוֹת
siph.mot — Siphmoth
§ Siphmoth = "fruitful" a place in the Nekeb in southern Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Cavern, a town on the boundary of Naphtali (Josh. 19:33). It has with probability, been identified with Seiyadeh, nearly 2 miles east of Bessum, a ruin half way between Tiberias and Mount Tabor.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.