Qumran

/kʊmˈɹæn/ name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

Example

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"The use of "goy" for non-Jew is ancient, appearing in the Damascus Document at Qumran."

Etymology

From Arabic قُمْرَان (qumrān).

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