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ṣᵊfat צְפַ֑ת ‘Zephath’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ṣāfā צָפָה ‘to watch’
Roots: צפה

ṣᵊfat pr n loc
Zephath = "watch-tower"
1) a Canaanite city in Simeon renamed Hormah by the Israelites

Mentioned in Judges 1:17

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