SAPHIR


Meaning of SAPHIR in English

(fair), one of the villages addressed by the prophet Micha, (Micah 1:11) is described by Eusebius and jerome as "in the mountain district between Eleutheropolis and Ascalon," perhaps represented by the village es-Sawafir, seven or eight miles to the northeast of Ascalon.

Smith's Bible English dictionary.      Английский библейский словарь Смита.