Merathaim (ISBE)

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mer - a - thā´im ( מרתים , merāthayı̄m "double rebellion"): A name used for Babylon in Jeremiah 50:21 . According to Delitzsch it may be equivalent to the Babylonian Marratūn , i.e. land by the nar Marratu , "the bitter river" (Persian Gulf) = Southern Babylonia (OHL, under the word).

Source

• part_of source-manifest/isbe — ISBE (PD)