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yabbōq יַבֹּק ‘Jabbok’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably from bāqaq בָּקַק ‘be luxuriant / to empty’
Roots: בקק

yabbōq pr n loc
Jabbok = "emptying"
1) a stream which intersects the mountain range of Gilead, and falls into the Jordan on the east about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea

Mentioned in Genesis 32:23 Numbers 21:24 Deuteronomy 2:37, 3:16 Joshua 12:2 Judges 11:13, 11:22

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