Parvaim standard
rom the Sanskrit purva, "eastern," so that the name might be a vague term for the East (Gesenius, Thesaurus, 1125). Whether there was such a place in arabia is doubtful.
Parvaim
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)rom the Sanskrit purva, "eastern," so that the name might be a vague term for the East (Gesenius, Thesaurus, 1125). Whether there was such a place in arabia is doubtful. Farwa in Yemen has been suggested, and also Saq el Farwain in Yemamah. Some have considered the name a shortened form of Cepharvayim which occurs in the Syriac and Targum Jonathan for the "Sephar" of Ge 10:30.
A. S. Fulton
pas-dam'-im.
See EPHES-DAMMIM.
pa'-sak (pacakh, "divider"): Son of Japhlet, descendant of Asher (1Ch 7:33).
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