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pirʿātōn פִּרְעָתוֹן ‘Pirathon’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from peraʿ פֶּ֫רַע ‘leader’
Roots: פרעה

pirʿātōn pr n loc
Pirathon = "princely"
1) a town in Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekite
 1a) perhaps modern 'Ferata' located 1.5 miles (2.5 km) south from Jaffa on the road to Nablus

Mentioned in Judges 12:15

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