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karkᵊmīš כַּרְכְּמִישׁ ‘Carchemish’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

karkᵊmīš pr n loc
Carchemish = "fortress of Chemosh"
1) a Hittite capital northeast of Israel on the Euphrates river captured by Pharaoh Necho and then from him by Nebuchadnezzar

Mentioned in Isaiah 10:9 Jeremiah 46:2 2 Chronicles 35:20

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