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גִּבְעָה‏ n.f. hill

hill JLAtg, Sam, LJLA. TgJ Jos5:3 : וֻגזַר יָת בְנֵי יִשׂרָאֵל בְגִבעְתָא וֻקרָא לַה גִבעַת עֻרלַתָא‏ he circumcised the children of Israel on the hill and called it the hill of the foreskins. TgJ Jer31:39 : לְגִבעֲתָא דִסמִיכָא לְגָרֵב‏ . TgSong2:8 : אימהתן דמתילין לגבעתא‏ our mothers who are likened to hills.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 208; Levy Ch-W: 1:123;

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