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pᵊrāt פְּרָת ‘Euphrates’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to break forth

pᵊrāt pr n loc
Euphrates = "fruitfulness"
1) the largest and longest river of western Asia; rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains and flows into the Persian Gulf

Mentioned in Genesis 15:18, 2:14 Deuteronomy 11:24, 1:7 Joshua 1:4 2 Samuel 8:3 2 Kings 24:7, 23:29 Jeremiah 51:63, 46:10, 13:4, 13:6, 13:7, 46:6, 13:5, 46:2 1 Chronicles 5:9, 18:3 2 Chronicles 35:20

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