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kāsifyāʾ כָּסִפְיָא ‘Casiphia’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: perhaps from kesef כֶּ֫סֶף ‘silver’
Roots: כסף

kāsifyāʾ pr n loc
Casiphia = "silvery"
1) a place in Babylonia on the road between Babylon and Jerusalem; site uncertain

Mentioned in Ezra 8:17

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