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H6604

פְּתוֹר

pe.torN:N--L

Pethor

§ Pethor = "soothsayer" a town of Mesopotamia and the home of Balaam; located on a river

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

פְּתוֺר proper name, of a location home of Balsam; — with ה locative פְּת֫וֺרָה Num 22:5, φαθουρα, A Βαθουρα; אֲרַם ׳פ נַהֲרַיִם Deut 23:5, but omitted ׳פ ᵐ5; — compare Assyrian Pitru (on western bank of upper Euphrase) SchrKGF 220; COT Num 22:5 Dl Pa 269 Dr Hastings DB; Egyptian Pe-d-ru WMMAs.u.Eur:291.

[פָּתוֺת] see פתת.

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