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<p> (Hebrews | <p> (Hebrews [[Kephar]] '''''´''''' ha-Ammonay '''''´''''' , '''''כְּפִר''''' '''''הָעִמּוֹנָי''''' , ''Village Of The Ammonites;'' or, as the margin corrects, ''Kephar '''''´''''' Ha-Ammonah '''''´''''' , '''''הָעִמּוֹנָה''''' '' '''''כְּפִֵר''''' , village of [the] Ammonah, i.e. ''Ammonitis;'' Sept. '''''Καφαραμμονά''''' , but v.r. '''''Καραφὰ''''' '''''Καὶ''''' '''''Κεφιρὰ''''' '''''Καὶ''''' '''''Μονί''''' '','' blending with [[Ophni]] following; Vulg. ''Villa Emona),'' a place in the N.E. section of the tribe of [[Benjamin]] (q.v.), mentioned between [[Ophrah]] and Ophni ( Joshua 18:24. Schwarz (Palest. p. 126) thinks it is the "Ammonai" (so he reads for "Emmaus") repaired by Barchides ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 9:50). In the Onomasticon (s.v.) it is merely called "Ammonai (Euseb. '''''Ἀμμωενία''''' ; Jerome, ''Amonai),'' in the tribe of Benjamin." In the name of this hamlet, (See Caphar-) is doubtless preserved the memory of an incursion of the [[Ammonites]] up the long ravines which lead from the Jordan valley to the highlands of Benjamin. (See Ammonite). Such a position is the modern ''Ain Yebrud,'' a little east of Jufna (Robinson, ''Researches,'' 3:79 note). </p> | ||
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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
("hamlet of the Ammonites".) Among Benjamin's towns ( Joshua 18:24). The name alludes to some Ammonite inroad up the ravines from the Jordan valley to the Benjamite highlands.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Hebrews Kephar ´ ha-Ammonay ´ , כְּפִר הָעִמּוֹנָי , Village Of The Ammonites; or, as the margin corrects, Kephar ´ Ha-Ammonah ´ , הָעִמּוֹנָה כְּפִֵר , village of [the] Ammonah, i.e. Ammonitis; Sept. Καφαραμμονά , but v.r. Καραφὰ Καὶ Κεφιρὰ Καὶ Μονί , blending with Ophni following; Vulg. Villa Emona), a place in the N.E. section of the tribe of Benjamin (q.v.), mentioned between Ophrah and Ophni ( Joshua 18:24. Schwarz (Palest. p. 126) thinks it is the "Ammonai" (so he reads for "Emmaus") repaired by Barchides ( 1 Maccabees 9:50). In the Onomasticon (s.v.) it is merely called "Ammonai (Euseb. Ἀμμωενία ; Jerome, Amonai), in the tribe of Benjamin." In the name of this hamlet, (See Caphar-) is doubtless preserved the memory of an incursion of the Ammonites up the long ravines which lead from the Jordan valley to the highlands of Benjamin. (See Ammonite). Such a position is the modern Ain Yebrud, a little east of Jufna (Robinson, Researches, 3:79 note).
