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kūtā כּוּתָה ‘Cuthah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

kūtā pr n loc
Cuth = "crushing"
1) a place from which king Sargon of Assyria imported colonists into Israel; probably a location approx 20 (32 km) miles northeast of Babylon

Mentioned in 2 Kings 17:30, 17:24

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