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māqōr מָקוֹר ‘fountain’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from qūr קוּר ‘to dig / to cool / to destroy’
Roots: קור

māqōr n, m
1) spring, fountain
 1a) spring
  1a1) of source of life, joy, purification (fig.)
 1b) of the eye (fig.)
 1c) source (of menstruous blood)
 1d) flow (of blood after child birth)

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 12:7, 20:18 Jeremiah 51:36, 17:13, 2:13, 8:23 Hosea 13:15 Zechariah 13:1 Psalms 36:10, 68:27 Proverbs 16:22, 18:4, 5:18, 10:11, 13:14, 14:27, 25:26

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