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šēšax שֵׁשַׁךְ ‘Sheshak’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

šēšax pr n loc
Sheshach = "thy fine linen"
1) another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'

Mentioned in Jeremiah 25:26, 51:41

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