Hebrew word · H1453

גְּדֵרֹתָ֑יִם

ugederotayim

Gederothaim

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Gederothaim = "two walls"

a town in the low country of Judah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Joshua · 1

  1. Joshua 15:36 וּגְדֵרֹתָ֑יִם and Gederothaim

    Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.

    Here: Comes from the same root and means something like 'pair of folds' or 'the sheepfolds'. It may be a separate town, or another name for Gederah, or a copying error. Which one it is decides whether the list adds up to fourteen.

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