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girgāšī גִּרְגָּשִׁי ‘Girgashite’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: patronymic from an unused name (of uncertain derivation)

girgāšī pr n loc gen
Girgashite or Girgasite = "dwelling on a clayey soil"
1) descendants of Canaan and one of the nations living east of the sea of Galilee when the Israelites entered the promised land

Mentioned in Genesis 10:16, 15:21 Deuteronomy 7:1 Joshua 3:10, 24:11 Nehemiah 9:8 1 Chronicles 1:14

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