Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H1268 |
|---|---|
| Word: | בֵּרוֹתָה בֵּרוֹתַי |
| Part of Speech: | Name/l. |
| Etymology: | probably from H1266 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | Berowthah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bay-ro-thaw' (or Berothay {bay-ro-that'-ee}) n/l. |
| Meaning: | 1. cypress or cypresslike 2. Berothah or Berothai, a place north of Israel |
| KJV Renderings: | Berothah, Berothai. |
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בֵּרוֺ֫תָה proper name [of a location] near Hamath Ezek 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 2Sam 8:8 perhaps = foregoing.
II. כּוּן proper name [of a location] city of Hadarezer (מִטִּבְחַת) ׳ וּמִכּוּן עָרֵי ה 1Chr 18:8, ᵐ5 ἐκ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν πολέ(μ)ων (= בֵּרֹתַי 2Sam 8:8); = modern Kuna, near Bereitan (between Laodicea and Heliopolis), according to FurrerZPV viii, 34, see בֵּרוֺתָה above, and Thes.
