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Hebrew
Etymology
Supposedly from the root פ־ו־שׁ (p-v-sh) or פ־י־שׁ (p-y-sh), meaning "to spring about".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
פִּישׁוֹן • (pishón) m
- Pishon (one of the four rivers in Eden)
Tanach, Genesis 2:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פִּישֹׁון הוּא הַסֹּבֵב אֵת כָּל־אֶרֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַזָּהָֽב׃- The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Usage notes
- Only used once in the Bible, in the passage quoted above.
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