Lexical Summary Berothah: a place near Hamath Original Word: בֵּרוֹתָהTransliteration: Berothah Phonetic Spelling: (bay-ro-thaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a place near Hamath Meaning: Berothah -- a place near Hamath Strong's Concordance Berothah, Berothai Or Berothay {bay-ro-that'-ee}; probably from browth; cypress or cypresslike; Berothah or Berothai, a place north of Palestine -- Berothah, Berothai. see HEBREW browth Brown-Driver-Briggs H1268. Berothah בֵּרוֺ֫תָה proper name, of a location near Hamath Ezekiel 47:16 (contracted from בְּאֵרוֺתָה ?), compare following; — hardly = Berytus (Beirût) with which form of name might agree see Steph. Byzant. and others in MoversPhen. ii. 1. 110 n.; perhaps Bereit¹n near Baalbek, see FurrerZPV viii. 34. בֵּרֹתַי proper name, of a location belonging to Hadadezer of Zoba 2 Samuel 8:8; perhaps = foregoing. |
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