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kᵊfīrā כְּפִירָה ‘Chephirah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: feminine of kᵊfīr כְּפִיר ‘lion / villages’
Roots: כפיר

kᵊfīrā pr n loc
Chephirah = "lioness"
1) a city of the Gibeonites subsequently assigned to the tribe of Benjamin

Mentioned in Joshua 9:17, 18:26 Ezra 2:25 Nehemiah 7:29

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