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sᵊfarwayim סְפַרְוַ֫יִם ‘Sepharvaim’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

sᵊfarwayim pr n loc
Sepharvaim = "the two Sipparas"
1) a city in Syria conquered by the king of Assyria
 1a) perhaps near the modern 'Mosaib' and on the Euphrates above Babylon

Mentioned in 2 Kings 17:31, 19:13, 18:34, 17:24 Isaiah 36:19, 37:13

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