Strong's Lexicon

H4956

H4956 — מִשׂרְפוֹת מַיִם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewMisrphowthName/l.Occurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4956
Word:	מִשׂרְפוֹת מַיִם
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	from the plural of H4955 and H4325
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	Misrphowth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mayim (mis-ref-ohth' mah'-yim) n/l.
Meaning:	1. burnings of water 2. Misrephoth-Majim, a place in Israel
KJV Renderings:	Misrephoth-mayim.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8337

מִשְׂרְפוֺת מַיִם proper name [of a location] named with Sidon Josh 11:8; Josh 13:6 (apparently near coast); compare (dubious Buhl^{Geogr. 229}) Mušêrfe, 14 miles south of Tyre, see Di and references, Guérin^{Gal ii. 166 f.}. — Μασερων, Μασρεφωθμαειμ, etc.

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

משרפות (mis-rah-phohth')

Joshua 11:8

KJV: And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.great Zidon: or, ZidonrabbahMisrephoth–maim: or, Salt pits: Heb. Burnings of waters

EHCC: Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim,(marg.

Joshua 13:6

KJV: All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth–maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

EHCC: from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim,

Jeremiah 34:5

KJV: But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord.

EHCC: -and with the burnings of thy fathers,

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