עַזָּה

עַזָּה proper name, of a location Gaza, Γαζα (Assyrian –azzutu, etc., COT^{i. 97} Dl^{Pa 290, Tel Amarna} –azati, Azzati Wkl³⁸ *; Egyptian Ga¼atu WMM^{As.u.Eur.87,96,159,392}; ᵐ5 Γαζα, so Josephus^{Ant.«JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 13:5»xiii.5},5, etc.; Herod.^{ii, 159}; iii. 5 Κάδυτις); — Philistine city (modern , Ghazze, Razze), approximately Latitude 31 degrees; 3 minutes North, Longitude 34 degrees 28 minutes East, approximately 50 miles west-southwest from Jerusalem, near the sea (Rob^{BR ii. 36 ff.} GASm^{Geogr. 181 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. 190 f.}), Dom 16,1; Dom 16,21 (both עַזָּ֑תָה), southernmost of the famous five cities, 1 Mos 10,19 (J), Dom 6,4; 1 Kong 5,4; 2 Kong 18,8, compare 5 Mos 2,23; Jos 10,41 (D); also Jos 11,22 (D), Jos 15,47 (P), Dom 1,18; 1 Sam 6,17; Amos 1,6; Amos 1,7; Sef 2,4; Jer 25,20; Jer 47,1; Jer 47,5; Zak 9,5 (twice in verse); — On commercial importance see DHM^{B und S 989} Gatt^{ZPV vii (1884), 1 ff., 293 ff.; viii (1885), 69 ff., 179 ff}. — For עַזָּה 1 Kron 7,28 van d. H., read עַיָּה Baer Ginsb (q. v.), Be Oettli Kau Kit^Hpt.; see עַי.