HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6857
צְפַ֑ת
tse.phat — Zephath
Zephath = "watch-tower" a Canaanite city in Simeon renamed Hormah by the Israelites Also named: chor.mah (חׇרְמָה "Hormah" H2767)
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Zephath
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2767
חׇרְמָה
chor.mah — Hormah
Hormah = "devotion" a town of the Canaanites, conquered by Joshua, allotted to Judah, and located in the south of Judah Another name of tse.phat (צְפַ֑ת "Zephath" H6857)
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צְפַ֫תָה
tse.pha.tah — Zephathah
§ Zephathah = "watch-tower" a valley in western Judah
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Beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judg. 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S’beita.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.