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Gaal spoke again and said, “Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.”
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Verse 37. Midst. Hebrew Tabur, here signifies “a little hill, or the navel,” which title is given to places which are elevated and in the centre of the country. Ezekiel 38:12. Joseph. Bel. iii. 2. Varro mentions the lake of Cutilia, as the navel of Italy. The wood of Enna and Etolia are styled the navel of Sicily and of Greece, by Cicero and Livy. Bonfrere. Calmet.—Oak, which is probably mentioned, verse 6. Menochius.—Hebrew “another company comes by the oak or plain of Mehonenim,” which may signify, “of the augurs.” Septuagint “of those who make observations,” apobleponton. Calmet.
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