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yōnat ʾēlem rᵊḥōqīm יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים ‘Jonath-elem-rechokim’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yōnā יוֹנָה ‘dove’ and ʾēlem אֵ֫לֶם ‘silence’ and the plural of rāḥōq רָחֹק ‘distant’
Roots: יונה אלם רחוק

yōnat ʾēlem rᵊḥōqīm n
Jonath-elem-recho-kim = "the silent dove of far-off places"
1) meaning uncertain
 1a) probably name of melody
 1b) only used in title of Ps 56:1

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2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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