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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

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 11:29, 27:12 Joshua 8:33 Judges 9:7

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