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מָחוֹז‏ n.m. port; town

port, port city Com. TgO Gen49:13 : זְבוּלוּן עַל סְפַר יַמְמַיָא יִשרֵי וְהוּא יְכַבֵיש מָחוֹזִין בִספִינָן‏ Zebulun shall dwell on the coast of the seas and conquer seaports with ships. land-locked emporium, market square or market town OfA^East, Palmyrene, JLAtg, Gal, LJLA. TgO Num22:39 : וְאַעֲלֵיה לְקִריַת מָחוֹזוֹהִי‏ . TgLam2:19 : בריש כל מחוזין‏ [MT בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצוֹת]. TgLamYemWT 2:21 : דמכו על ארעא דמחוזין עולימיא וסביא דהוו רגילין למשכוב על כרין דמילת‏ The young and old who had been accustomed to sleep on silken pillows slept on the ground of the marketplaces.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 654b; Jastrow: 757; Levy Ch-W: 2:23; DNWSI: 611; DJA: 62a; Cook,Qumran: 136;

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Derivatives:

mḥwzy adj. of a harbor