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mamzēr מַמְזֵר ‘bastard’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to alienate

mamzēr n, m
1) bastard, child of incest, illegitimate child
 1a) bastard
 1b) mixed population (fig.)
 1c) born of a Jewish father and a heathen mother or visa versa

Mentioned in Genesis 49:27 Deuteronomy 23:3

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