Lexicon
קָמָי
qa.may
H6965A
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(Leb)-kamai

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qa.may is a proper noun used for the inhabitants of Leb-kamai in a judgment announcement.

The attested use is a proper noun identifying the inhabitants of Leb-kamai in a pronouncement that a destroying spirit is being roused against them.

Senses in use

  1. The inhabitants of Leb-kamai · dominant

    In Jeremiah 51:1, the noun marked Proper occurs in the phrase naming “the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,” against whom the announcement is directed. The APB renders the clause, “I am rousing against Babylon and against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai a destroying spirit.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 51:1, the APB presents the term within “the inhabitants of Leb-kamai.” Its precise contribution beyond that proper-name phrase cannot be isolated further.

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