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paÌ„v´ment: In the Old Testament, with the exception of , the Hebrew word is רצפּה, ricpaÌ„h (; ; , etc.); in Sirach 20:18 and Bel and the Dragon verse 19 the word is ἐÌδαφος, eÌdaphos; in , the name “The Pavement†(λιθοÌστÏωτος, lithoÌstroÌ„tos, “paved with stoneâ€) is given to the place outside the Pretorium on which Pilate sat to give judgment upon Jesus. Its Hebrew (Aramaic) equivalent is declared to be GABBATHA (which see). The identification of the place is uncertain.