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אפרכי‏ n.f. prefecture

prefecture, governed region Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA. TN Gen10:4 : ושם אפרכיותהון‏ . TN Num31:10 : וית כל אפרכיוותהון/כרכיהון/ אוקדו בנורא‏ they burned all their districts/walled cities/ [MT: טִירֹתָם] in fire. MegAntioch 42 : ועַרַקוּ דִי אִשתְאַרוּ לְאַפִרכֵי יַמָא‏ those who remained fled to the sea prefectures.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 53b; Jastrow: 59; Levy Ch-W: 1:56;

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