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Sokho (alternate spellings: Sokhoh, Sochoh, Soco, Sokoh; Hebrew: שׂוֹכֹה ,שׂוֹכוֹ ,שֹׂכֹה) is the name given to two ancient towns in the territorial domain of Judah as mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, west of the Judean hills. Both towns were given the name Shuweikah in Arabic, a diminutive of the Arabic shawk, meaning "thorn ...
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
Valley of Elah viewed from the top of Tel Azekah. The Valley of Elah, Ella Valley ("the valley of the terebinth"; [1] from the Hebrew: עמק האלה Emek HaElah), or Wadi es-Sunt (Arabic: وادي السنط), is a long, shallow valley in the Shephelah area of Israel, best known from the Hebrew Bible as the place where David defeated Goliath (1 Samuel 17:2; 1 Samuel 17:19).
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Although the hill is now widely known as the Tel (ruin) of Azekah, in the early 19th-century the hilltop ruin was known locally by the name of Tell Zakariyeh. [4] [6] J. Schwartz was the first to identify the hilltop ruin of Tell-Zakariyeh as the site of Azekah on the basis of written sources. [7]
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The woman, who had neuroblastoma as a child, had two healthy pregnancies since undergoing the trial, which uses modified white blood cells to attack cancer cells
Judah ("in the valley"; important cities: Eshtaol, Zoreah, Engannim, Tappuah, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh 1, Azekah) אשנה ʾšnh Ashnah [of Judah 2] Joshua 15:43 1 Judah (important cities: Libnah, Keilah, Achzib, Maresha) אשען ʾšʿn Eshean Joshua 15:52 1 Judah (important cities: Hebron) אשקלונ ʾšqlwn Ashkelon [19