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meÌ„Ì-ā´ra (מערה, me‛aÌ„raÌ„h; omitted in the Septuagint): A town or district mentioned only in , as belonging to the Zidonians. The name as it stands means “cave.†If that is correct it may be represented by the modern village Mogheirı̄yeh, “little cave,†not far from Sidon. Perhaps, however, we should find in the word the name of a Sidonian city, with the preposition מן, min, that has suffered change in transcription. Septuagint reads “from Gazaâ€; but Gaza is obviously too far to the South.