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ḥōrēv חֹרֵב ‘Horeb’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥārēv חָרֵב ‘to dry / to destroy / to slay’
Roots: חרב חרב

ḥōrēv pr n loc
Horeb = "desert"
1) another name for Mount Sinai from which God gave the law to Moses and the Israelites

Mentioned in Exodus 3:1, 33:6, 17:6 Deuteronomy 4:10, 1:2, 1:6, 4:15, 28:69, 1:19, 5:2, 18:16, 9:8 1 Kings 8:9, 19:8 Malachi 3:22 Psalms 106:19 2 Chronicles 5:10

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