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/kear"bet koom"rahn/an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.Also, Khirbet Qûmran.
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Khirbet Qumran
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Khirbet Qumran — /kear bet koom rahn/ an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947. Also, Khirbet Qûmran … Useful english dictionary
Khirbet Qumran — geographical name see Khirbat Qumran … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Qumran — /koom rahn/, n. See Khirbet Qumran. Also, Qûmran. * * * Site on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Excavations less than a mile from the sea have revealed the ruins of buildings believed by… … Universalium
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