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When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.
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Verse 17. Which is, and so forth This is added by the Vulg. being the interpretation of the Septuagint Αναιρησις; ( Calmet.) though it also signify, “the slaughter.” Saint Ambrose ep. 19. Bible.—The Syr. and Arab. have read domoth, “the blood,” instead of ramath Lechi, “the lifting up;” or as others would have it, “the throwing down of the jaw-bone.” Calmet.—Samson had snatched it from the ground, slew the thousand Philistines, and left it a a monument of his victory. Bible.
“Ramath” means “hill” and “Lehi” means “jawbone”.
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