See מנהרה on Wiktionary
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"english": "The hand of the Midian prevailed over Israel; because of Midian the children of Israel made for themselves the glens that are in the mountains, and the caves and the summits [The Israelites retreated into more mountainous terrain and made use of its inaccessibility].",
"ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0706#ו_ב|6:2]]:",
"text": "וַתָּעׇז יַד־מִדְיָן עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִפְּנֵי מִדְיָן עָשׂוּ לָהֶם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַמִּנְהָרוֹת אֲשֶׁר בֶּהָרִים וְאֶת־הַמְּעָרוֹת וְאֶת־הַמְּצָדוֹת׃",
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}
],
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"A deep valley between mountains containing a stream; a glen."
],
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"valley",
"valley"
],
[
"mountain",
"mountain"
],
[
"stream",
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],
[
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"glen"
]
],
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"(Biblical Hebrew, hapax legomenon) A deep valley between mountains containing a stream; a glen."
],
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"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
},
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"glosses": [
"A tunnel: an underground or underwater passage."
],
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"tunnel",
"tunnel"
]
],
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"(Modern Israeli Hebrew) A tunnel: an underground or underwater passage."
],
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"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/min.hɔːˈrɔː/ [min.hɔːˈʀɔː]",
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"Tiberian-Hebrew"
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},
{
"ipa": "/min.hɔˈrɔ/ [min.hɔːˈrɔː]",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/min.haˈra/",
"note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
},
{
"ipa": "/min.hɔˈrɔ/",
"tags": [
"Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/min.haˈra/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Modern Hebrew"
],
"word": "מנהרה"
}
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