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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Merathaim (Babylon)
"Double rebellion," Jeremiah's taunting name for a district of Babylon. It twists an Akkadian name for the marshes near the head of the Persian Gulf.
First, in plain English
"Double rebellion," Jeremiah's taunting name for a district of Babylon. It twists an Akkadian name for the marshes near the head of the Persian Gulf.
Who this is
A name meaning "double rebellion" that Jeremiah applies to a district of Babylon in his oracle of judgment against the empire (Jeremiah 50:21). It plays on an Akkadian term for the marshy region near the head of the Persian Gulf, turned into a taunt rather than used as an ordinary place name.
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The word
H4850
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 50:21
