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mᵊrēmōt מְרֵמוֹת ‘Meremoth’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: plural from rūm רוּם ‘to exalt / be rotten’
Roots: רום

mᵊrēmōt pr n m pers
Meremoth = "elevations"
1) a priest, son of Uriah of the family of Koz active in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and in the 7th course of temple service in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah
2) a priest in the time of Zerubbabel
3) a returning exile of the family of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Mentioned in Ezra 8:33, 10:36 Nehemiah 3:4, 3:21, 10:6, 12:3

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