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šūšan שׁוּשַׁן ‘Susa’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as šūšan שׁוּשַׁן ‘lily’
Roots: שׁושׁן שׁושׁן שׁושׁן שׁושׁנה

šūšan pr n loc
Shushan or Susa = "lily"
1) the winter residence of the Persian kings; located on the river Ulai or Choaspes

Mentioned in Esther 4:16, 9:6, 9:12, 9:15, 1:2, 8:14, 2:5, 2:3, 2:8, 4:8, 1:5, 9:13, 9:14, 9:18, 8:15, 9:11, 3:15 Daniel 8:2 Nehemiah 1:1

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