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baʿal ṣᵊfōn בַּ֫עַל צְפוֹן ‘Baal-zephon’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from baʿal בַּעַל ‘Baal’ and ṣāfōn צָפוֹן ‘north’ in the sense of cold, according to others an Egyptian form of Typhon, the destroyer
Roots: בעל צפון צפון

baʿal ṣᵊfōn pr n loc
Baal Tsphon or Baal-zephon = "lord of the north"
1) a place in Egypt near the Red Sea where Pharaoh and his army were destroyed during the Exodus

Mentioned in Exodus 14:9, 14:2 Numbers 33:7

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