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ʾašqᵊlōn אַשְׁקְלוֹן ‘Ashkelon’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably from šāqal שָׁקַל ‘to weigh’ in the sense of weighing-place (i.e. mart)
Roots: שׁקל

ʾašqᵊlōn pr n loc
Askelon or Ashkelon = "the fire of infamy: I shall be weighed"
1) a maritime city of the Philistines, southwest of Jerusalem

Mentioned in Judges 14:19, 1:18 1 Samuel 6:17 2 Samuel 1:20 Jeremiah 47:7, 47:5, 25:20 Amos 1:8 Zephaniah 2:7, 2:4 Zechariah 9:5

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