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ṭarpᵊlāyēʾ טַרְפְּלָיֵא ‘Tarpelite’ (Aramaic)

Etymology?: from a name of foreign derivation

ṭarpᵊlāyēʾ pr n loc gen
Tarpelites = "they of the fallen (or wondrous) mountain"
1) the group of Assyrian colonists who were planted in the cities of Samaria after the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel; identity uncertain

Mentioned in Ezra 4:9

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