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סִרָה

(ssih' ruh) Place name meaning, “thorn.” A well (“cistern of Sirah” NRSV) where Joab and Abishai murdered Abner for killing their brother Asahel (2 Samuel 3:26-30 ). This well is probably the well named Ain Sarah, a little over a mile northwest of Hebron. See Wells.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Sirah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/s/sirah.html. 1991.

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