מִשְׂרְפוֹת מַיִםMisrᵉphôwth mayim
proper name [of a location]: named with Sidon, (apparently near coast) (Joshua 11:8; Joshua 13:6)
Pronunciation: mis-ref-ohth' mah'-yim · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4956
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 11:8 And the Lord gave them victory over their enemies. The Israelites chased them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward into the valley of Mizpah, until not one enemy warrior was left alive.
- Joshua 13:6 and all the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the land of the Sidonians. “I myself will drive these people out of the land ahead of the Israelites. So be sure to give this land to Israel as a special possession, just as I have commanded you.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).