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tᵊqōʿa תְּקוֹעַ ‘Tekoa’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a form of tāqōʿa תָּקוֹעַ ‘trumpet’

tᵊqōʿa pr n loc
Tekoa or Tekoah = "a stockade"
n pr m
1) town founded by Ashur son of Hezron
n pr loc
2) a town in the hill country of Judah near Hebron built by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos
3) a wilderness area where king Jehoshaphat of Judah defeated the people of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 14:2 Jeremiah 6:1 Amos 1:1 1 Chronicles 2:24, 4:5 2 Chronicles 20:20, 11:6

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