Lexical Definition

‎עַוִּים‎ ʻAvvîym (av-veem') Avvim ^{N:N--L / N:N--LG}
plural of ‎עַוִּי‎

Avim.

• § Avim = "ruins"
• Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix)

n pr m
1) a people among the early inhabitants of Palestine located in the southwest corner of the seacoast
n pr loc
2) a city in Benjamin

Extended Information

group of: עִוָּה

• Group of iv.vah (‎ע‎ַ‎ו‎ָּ‎ה‎ "Ivvah" עִוָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַוִּים‎ proper name

1. of a people ‎׳‎‎הָע‎ people on southwest coast of Mediterranean before the ‎כַּפְתֹּרִים‎ (q. v.) came Deut 2:23, and remaining thereafter Josh 13:3 (D²), ᵐ5 Ευαιοι.

2. location ‎׳‎‎הָע‎ city in Benjamin Josh 18:23 (= ‎הָעַי‎ ?), ᵐ5 Αιειν, Αυειμ. — See also [‎עַוִּי‎] above

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