H7796

שֹׂרֵק

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(Valley of) Sorek

Combined with na.chal (נַ֫חַל " Valley" H5158J) § Sorek = "choice vines" a wadi in Palestine in which Delilah lived

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. שׂשׂרֵק (van d. H. ׳שׂוֺ׳) proper name, of a location in ׳נַ֫חַלשׂ Judg 16:4 (properly Wady of choice vines); — ᵐ5 Σωρηχ[κ]; probably Wady ‚urâr (GASmGeogr. 218 ff.), on north side of which is ruin Sûrîk, 3/4 hour west of ‚ur±ah (Zor±ah), Surveyiii. 53 GFMon the passage.


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