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mēfaʿat מֵיפַ֫עַת ‘Mephaath’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yāfaʿ יָפַע ‘to shine’
Roots: יפע

mēfaʿat pr n loc
Mephaath = "splendour" or "height"
1) a city of Reuben allotted to the Merarite Levites lying in the district of the Mishor; site uncertain
2) a city in Moab

Mentioned in Joshua 21:37, 13:18 Jeremiah 48:21 1 Chronicles 6:64

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