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Birzaith
In Bible versions:
Birzaith: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
son of Malchiel of Asher
Hebrew
Strongs #01269: twzrb Birzowth or tyzrb
Birzavith or Birzath = "in leanness: choice olive"1) a descendant of Asher
1269 Birzowth beer-zoth'
probably feminine plural from an unused root (apparently meanto pierce); holes; Birzoth, an Israelite:-Birzavith (from the
marg.).
BIRZAITH [ISBE]
BIRZAITH - bur-za'-ith, bur-za'-vith the King James Version Birzavith, (birzawith or birzayith; Bezaith, or Berzaie): The name of a town in Asher founded by Malchiel (1 Ch 7:31). It probably corresponds to the modern Bir ez-Zait, "well of olive oil," near Tyre.