H2463

חֶלְבּוֹן

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Helbon

§ Helbon = "fertile" a town a few miles northwest of Damascus, modern 'Helbon', still noted for its fine grapes

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חֶלְבּוֺן proper name, of a location place whence wine came (to Tyre) ׳יֵין ח Ezek 27:18 so also Assyrian proper name, of a territory –ilbunim or Hilbunu, see Schr^{COT and} Dl in Co. Modern –albûn, northwest from Damascus, Wetzst^{ZMG xi. 1857, 490 f.} Bd^{Pal 341}.

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Ezekiel 27:18