Sepharad
Sepharad (/ˈsɛfəræd/[1] or /səˈfɛərəd/;[2][3] Hebrew: סְפָרַד /ˈsfɑːrd/ Sfard or Spharad; also Səp̄āraḏ, Sefarad, and Sephared) is the Hebrew-language name for 'Spain', especially when referring to the Jews of the larger Iberian Peninsula (before the forced expulsion of Jews that had begun in 1492), that consists of both modern-time Western Europe's Spain and Portugal.[4]
Version comparisons
- Obadiah 1:20 (trans. Judaica Press) "And this exiled host of the children of Israel who are [with] the Canaanites as far as Zarephath and the exile of Jerusalem which is in Sepharad shall inherit the cities of the southland"
- Obadiah 1:20 (NKJV) "And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem, that is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South."
- Obadiah 1:20 (Vulgate) et transmigratio exercitus huius filiorum Israhel omnia Chananeorum usque ad Saraptham et transmigratio Hierusalem quae in Bosforo est possidebit civitates austri.
- Abdias 1:20 (Douay-Rheims) "And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the south."
See also
References
- ^ H. B. Hackett (ed.) Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, 1877
- ^ The Bible dictionary, Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1875
- ^ William Smith (ed.) A Dictionary of the Bible, 1863
- ^ "Sephardim". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
External links
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