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yᵊvūs יְבוּס ‘Jebus’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from būs בּוּס ‘to trample’
Roots: בוס

yᵊvūs pr n loc
Jebus = "threshing place"
1) an early name for Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites; also 'Jebusi'

Mentioned in Judges 19:10, 19:11 1 Chronicles 11:5, 11:4

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