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Strong's #3405 - יְרֵחוֹ
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- Jericho = "its moon"
- a city 5 miles (8 km) west of the Jordan and 7 miles (11.5 km) north of the Dead Sea and the first city conquered by the Israelites upon entering the promised land of Canaan
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proper name, of a location Jericho (on form see Baer on Joshua 2:1; Jeremiah 39:5 Kö Einl. 49; √ and meaning dubious; according to Thes and others from רָוַח, = regio fragrans, the district abounding in palms, rose-gardens, balsam, etc.); — יְרִיחוֺ Joshua 2:1 27t. Joshua. (19t. J E, 3t. D, 6t. P), + 5t. 2 Kings 2; יְרִחוֺ Joshua 18:21; 2 Samuel 10:5; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:8; יְרִחֹה 1 Kings 16:34; יְרֵחוֺ Deuteronomy 34:1 (P), Deuteronomy 34:3 (D), Numbers 22:1 (P) + 9t. P, 2 Kings 25:5; Ezra 2:34; Nehemiah 3:2; Nehemiah 7:36 3t. Chronicles; — Canaanite city taken by Joshua Joshua 6:1 (JE) +; having a king Joshua 2:2,3; Joshua 8:2; Joshua 10:1 (all J E), Joshua 10:28,30; Joshua 12:9 (all D); near Jordan, whence (יְרִיחוֺ) יַרְדֵּן יְרֵחוֺ, see יַרְדֵּן above; Mt. Nebo is described as עַלמְּֿנֵי יְרֵחוֺ Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1 (P); (called עִיר הַתְּמָרִים Judges 1:16; Judges 3:13; so in apposition Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Chronicles 28:15); the adjacent plain is called בִּקְעַת יְרֵחוֺ Deuteronomy 34:3 (JE); עַרְבוֺת יְרֵחוֺ 2 Kings 25:5 = Jeremiah 39:5 = Jeremiah 52:8; יְרִיחוֺ׳ע Joshua 4:13; Joshua 5:10 (both P); among returning exiles appear בְּנֵי יְרֵחוֺ Ezra 2:34 = Nehemiah 7:36, and among builders of wall אַנְשֵׁי יְרֵחוֺ Nehemiah 3:2 (Be Ry Ryle on the passage and Ezra 2:34); — modern ( E) rî µâ; see also GASm Geogr. 266 ff.
ירך (√ of following; meaning dubious).
עִיר הַתְּמָרִים ( city of palms) = יְרִיחוֺ q. v.
יְרֵחוֹ Numbers 22:1 also יְרִיחוֹ Joshua 2:1, Joshua 2:2, Joshua 2:3, and יְרִיחֹה 1 Kings 16:34 Jericho, a well known city of Palestine, situated in the neighbourhood of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, in the territory of Benjamin, in a very fertile district; LXX. Ἱεριχώ, Strabo Ἱερικοῦς, xvi. 2, § 41, Arabic ريحا, ريحى Rîha, see Relandi Palæstina, p. 383, and 829, seq. (If the primary form be יְרֵחוֹ, it may be rendered city of the moon, from יָרֵחַ and וֹ, הֹ=וֹן, as in the words עַכּוֹ, שְׁלֹמֹה, שִׁילוֹ; if יְרִיחוֹ, it signifies a fragrant place, from the root רִיחַ.)
