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bēt-ʿazmāwet בֵּית־עַזְמָ֫וֶת ‘Beth-azmaveth’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bēt בֵּית ‘between / house’ and ʿazmāwet עַזְמָ֫וֶת ‘Azmaveth’, compare ʿazmāwet עַזְמָ֫וֶת ‘Azmaveth’
Roots: בית

bēt-ʿazmāwet pr n loc
Beth-azmaveth = "house of the strength of death"
1) a place near Jerusalem

Mentioned in Nehemiah 7:28

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