עַזָּה proper name, of a location Gaza, Γαζα (Assyrian –azzutu, etc., COTi. 97 DlPa 290, Tel Amarna –azati, Azzati Wkl38 *; Egyptian Ga¼atu WMMAs.u.Eur.87,96,159,392; ᵐ5 Γαζα, so JosephusAnt.«JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 13:5»xiii.5,5, etc.; Herod.ii, 159; iii. 5 Κάδυτις); — Philistine city (modern , Ghazze, Razze), approximately Latitude 31 degrees; 3 minutes North, Longitude 34 degrees 28 minutes East, approximately 50 miles west-southwest from Jerusalem, near the sea (RobBR ii. 36 ff. GASmGeogr. 181 ff. BuhlGeogr. 190 f.), [Judg 16:1]; [Judg 16:21] (both עַזָּ֑תָה), southernmost of the famous five cities, [Gen 10:19] (J), [Judg 6:4]; [1Kgs 5:4]; [2Kgs 18:8], compare [Deut 2:23]; [Josh 10:41] (D); also [Josh 11:22] (D), [Josh 15:47] (P), [Judg 1:18]; [1Sam 6:17]; [Amos 1:6]; [Amos 1:7]; [Zeph 2:4]; [Jer 25:20]; [Jer 47:1]; [Jer 47:5]; [Zech 9:5] (twice in verse); — On commercial importance see DHMB und S 989 GattZPV vii (1884), 1 ff., 293 ff.; viii (1885), 69 ff., 179 ff. — For עַזָּה [1Chr 7:28] van d. H., read עַיָּה Baer Ginsb (q. v.), Be Oettli Kau KitHpt.; see עַי.
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