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pᵊʿōr פְּעוֹר ‘Peor’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from pāʿar פָּעַר ‘to open’
Roots: פער

pᵊʿōr pr n loc + pr n m title
Peor = "cleft"
n pr loc
1) a mountain peak in Moab belonging to the Abarim range and near Pisgah
n pr deity
2) a false god worshipped in Moab; corresponds to Baal

Mentioned in Numbers 25:18, 23:28, 31:16 Joshua 22:17

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