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tartāq תַּרְתָּ֑ק ‘Tartak’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

tartāq pr n m title
Tartak = "prince of darkness"
1) one of the deities of the Avite people of Samaria
 1a) according to tradition, worshipped under the form of an ass

Mentioned in 2 Kings 17:31

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