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Ever wondered what the name of your Lebanese hometown means? This article will help you discover the meaning of some Lebanese villages, the roots of their names, you may or may not be surprised because many come from Syriac Aramaic, Phoenician and Hebrew.
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Let’s start with one of my favorites:
Akoura
It comes from the Hebrew word (עקר (عقر, which means “Jurd”, Akoura thus means “Al-Jourada’”. Coincidentally, it’s from the “Jurd” of Akoura where the Maronites first emerged.
Jbeil / Byblos
Byblos appears as Kebny (𓎡𓃀𓈖𓈉) in Egyptian hieroglyphic records going back to the 4th-dynasty pharaoh Sneferu (fl.
2600 BC) and as Gubla (𒁺𒆷) in the Akkadian cuneiform Amarna letters to the 18th-dynasty pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV. In the 1st millennium BC, its name appeared in Phoenician and Punic inscriptions as Gebal (𐤂𐤁𐤋, gbl), in the Hebrew Bible as Geval (גבל); and in Syriac as gbl (ܓܒܠ).
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