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( Äåóóáïý v. r. Ëåóóáïý , perh. for Chald, ãַּéùׁåּ , i.e. ãַּéùׁåּú , trituration; Vulg. Dessau), a village ( êώìç , castellum) at which Nicanor's army was once encamped during his campaign with Judas (2Ma_14:16). There is no mention of it by this name in the account of these transactions in 1 Maccabees or in Josephus, but Ewald conjectures (Gesch. Isr. 4:368 note) that it may have been the ADASA SEE ADASA (q.v.) in the same region (1Ma_7:40; 1Ma_7:45; Joseph. War, 3:6).