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gilbōʿa גִּלְבֹּעַ ‘Gilboa’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from gal גַּל ‘heap’ and bāʿā בָּעָה ‘to enquire’
Roots: גל בעה

gilbōʿa pr n loc
Gilboa = "swollen heap"
1) a mountain-ridge at the southeastern end of the plain of Jezreel, site of the death of Saul and Jonathan

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 31:1, 28:4, 31:8 2 Samuel 1:21, 1:6, 21:12 1 Chronicles 10:1, 10:8

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