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ʾaḥmᵊtāʾ אַחְמְתָא ‘Ecbatana’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of Persian origin

ʾaḥmᵊtāʾ pr n loc
Achmetha = "Ecbatana"
1) capital of Media, captured by Cyrus in 550 BC and then summer residence of Persian kings

Mentioned in Ezra 6:2

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