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ʾāṭād אָטָד ‘bramble’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root probably meaning to pierce or make fast

ʾāṭād n, m
1) bramble, thorn, buckthorn
2) the threshing Atad, meaning thorn, also called Abelmizraim and afterwards called Bethhogla was located on the west of Jordan between the Jordan and Jericho

Mentioned in Genesis 50:10, 50:11 Judges 9:14, 9:15 Psalms 58:10

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