Ḥanīf
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Ḥanīf (Arab., pl.
ḥunafāʿ; probably from Syriac
ḥanpē, ‘pagans’). In the
Qurʾān, a believer in the One God; a seeker after truth; it is sometimes equivalent to
muslim in the broadest sense of a worshipper of
Allāh.
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The Gilboa in bloom
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/4/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...I walked through a forest on the Mt. Gilboa ridge on a cloudy morning in late February...show, however, Haynei's iris (or the Gilboa iris, as it is commonly called) had...road (route 667) runs the length of the Gilboa ridge, starting just east of the settlement...
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Gilboa: New York's Quest for Water and the Destruction of a Small Town.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Social Forces; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Gilboa: New York's Quest for Water and the Destruction...issues at hand. The ostensible core of Gilboa is a chronicle of the construction of a...the 1920s, which destroyed the village of Gilboa in order to provide additional water for...
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The Gilboa herbal remedy
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/3/2006; ; 686 words
; ...Jerusalem Post 02-03-2006 Headline: The Gilboa herbal remedy Byline: LYDIA AISENBERG...successful individual family enterprises in the Gilboa region. In an area that graced the plate...store to be found in the country, the Gilboa Herb Farm and restaurant is off the beaten...
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Bluthenthal leads Maccabi to victory. Veteran scores 18 fourth quarter points as TA stays perfect, ends Gilboa's streak
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/23/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...quarter points as TA stays perfect, ends Gilboa's streakByline: ALLON SINAI ALLON SINAIEdition...Tel Aviv a 98-91 victory over Hapoel Gilboa/Galil at Gan Ner on Sunday night, improving...their first loss of the BSL campaign. Gilboa kept pace with Maccabi over the first...
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Getting down in Gilboa
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/19/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...08-19-2008 Headline: Getting down in Gilboa Byline: DAVID BRINN Edition; Daily Section...forces at the closing night of the inaugural Gilboa Coexistence Festival taking place throughout the Gilboa region from August 26th to 28th. The singers...
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Gilboa and Tabor, poetry in color
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/9/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Jerusalem Post 02-09-2007 Headline: Gilboa and Tabor, poetry in color Byline: GIL...Only several kilometers separate Mount Gilboa from Mount Tabor, but these two important...Michael Kovner (b. Hadera, 1948), Gilboa, Tabor and the countryside between them...
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Maccabi shocked by Galil/Gilboa
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/13/2008; ; 666 words
; ...Headline: Maccabi shocked by Galil/Gilboa Byline: Allon Sinai Edition; Daily Section...falling in humiliating fashion to Galil/Gilboa in the quarterfinals of the Winner Cup...Sunday night. Oded Katash's Galil/Gilboa, however, christened its new arena in...
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Hapoel Jerusalem gets by Afula/Gilboa
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/13/2006; ; 539 words
; ...Headline: Hapoel Jerusalem gets by Afula/Gilboa Byline: ALLON SINAI Edition; Daily Section...Sunday night, defeating Hapoel Afula/Gilboa 96-87 in the first top-division game in the Afula region in 13 years. Afula/Gilboa led by as many as 16 points in the first...
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Atop Mount Gilboa
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/17/2003; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Headline: Atop Mount Gilboa Byline: Amotz Asa-El Edition; Daily...Boston's Bunker Hill. Mountains of Gilboa, quipped a devastated David upon learning...Beit Shean; and the cursed slopes of the Gilboa remain shorn of the natural vegetation...
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Bomb on Gilboa was aimed at farmers
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/8/2002; ; 375 words
; 00-00-0000 Headline: Bomb on Gilboa was aimed at farmers Byline: DAVID RUDGE...in fields of Moshav Ram On near Mount Gilboa early yesterday was apparently aimed at...traveling towards Kibbutz Merav on Mount Gilboa, killing 17-year-old Aliza Malka...
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Gilboa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gilboa , Arabic Jabal Faqquah, range of hills, eastern spur of the Samarian Hills...of the Esdraelon plain, NE Israel; rising to 1,630 ft (497 m) at Mt. Gilboa. In the Bible, Saul was defeated and severely wounded there by the Philistines...
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Saul
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...witch of Endor and heard his defeat and death prophesied. Saul, defeated and wounded in battle with the Philistines on Mt. Gilboa, committed suicide rather than be captured. Though Saul was unsuccessful in defeating the Philistines, he paved the way for...
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Kishon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kishon [Heb. Qishon =tortuous], intermittent river, c.45 mi (70 km) long, rising below Mt. Gilboa, N Israel, and flowing NW to the Mediterranean Sea near Haifa; only the lower 7-mi (11.3-km) section is a permanent...
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Abinadab
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abinadab , in the Bible. 1 Second son of Jesse. 2 Son of King Saul, killed at the battle of Mt. Gilboa. 3 Man in whose house the ark remained for 20 years. 4 Father of one of Solomon's chief officers.
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Jonathan
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Jonathan in the Bible, a son of Saul , noted for his friendship with David and killed with his father at the battle of Mount Gilboa by the Philistines. (See also Brother Jonathan .)
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