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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: FW: [b-hebrew] meaning of XWT
  • Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:54:54 -0700

On 25/10/2003 09:10, Pastor Richard Bacon wrote:

HALOT says it (XWH) means a "tent city" or maybe an "army camp." XWT is
simply the construct form.


BDB glosses "tent-village", and links with XIWWIY "Hivite". It is also of course a homonym, even with the Masoretic pointing, of the name XAWWAH = "Eve".

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