Etam — the meaning of the Hebrew name עֵיטָם

עֵיטָם

ʻÊyṭâm · pronounced ay-tawm' · Strong's H5862 · a place

Etam means hawk-ground.

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עַיִט ʻayiṭ (from, H5861) — a hawk or other bird of prey open in the lexicon ›

from H5861; hawk-ground; Etam, a place in Palestine.

Judg 15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. (KJV)

5 occurrences in 5 verses — Judges, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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