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gevaʿ גֶּ֫בַע ‘Geba’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as gāvīʿa גָּבִיעַ ‘cup’ , a hillock
Roots: גביע

gevaʿ pr n loc
Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = "hill"
1) a city in Benjamin, modern 'Jeba', which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, six miles or ten kilometres north east of Jerusalem and three miles or five kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern 'Mukhmas'

Mentioned in Joshua 21:17, 18:24 Judges 20:10 1 Samuel 14:5, 13:3, 13:16 2 Samuel 5:25 1 Kings 15:22 2 Kings 23:8 Isaiah 10:29 Zechariah 14:10 Ezra 2:26 Nehemiah 7:30, 11:31, 12:29 1 Chronicles 8:6, 6:45 2 Chronicles 16:6

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