gᵊrizīm גְּרִזִים ‘Gerizim’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
plural of an unused noun from gāraz גָּרַז ‘to cut off’, cut up (i.e. rocky)
Roots:
גרז
gᵊrizīm pr n loc
Gerizim = "cuttings off"
1) a mountain in northern Israel in Ephraim near Shechem from which the blessings were read to the Israelites on entering Canaan; site of the Samaritan temple built after the captivity