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1.
  Jair   4:53 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron                  
2.
  Bith Aneth   6:24 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron        
     
3.
  Tzofeh   5:13 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron        
           
4.
  Ashnah   6:20 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron        
     
5.
  Tahah   5:40 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron    
       
6.
  Kanah   7:26 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron                  
7.
  Delin   1:54 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron                      
8.
  Janohah   9:40 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron                      
9.
  Zebdi   2:45 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron                  
10.
  Idalah-Abal   6:15 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron             FIX:5
11.
  Zelah   3:48 - John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron                    
 Recorded at RPM, NYC on February 20, 1994 (see chronology)

 

JAIR (track featured on Masada 1 and Live in Jerusalem)

meaning "will make light", Jair is a popular hebrew name, of one of the leaders of Masada's rebels who commited suicide with his community on the mountain of Masada. [galili]

Jair - enlightener. (1.) The son of Segub. He was brought up with his mother in Gilead, where he had possessions (1 Chr. 2:22). He distinguished himself in an expedition against Bashan, and settled in the part of Argob on the borders of Gilead. The small towns taken by him there are called Havoth-jair, i.e., "Jair's villages" (Num. 32:41; Deut. 3:14; Josh. 13:30).

(2.) The eighth judge of Israel, which he ruled for twenty-two years. His opulence is described in Judg. 10:3-5. He had thirty sons, each riding on "ass colts." They had possession of thirty of the sixty cities (1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chr. 2:23) which formed the ancient Havoth-jair.

(3.) A Benjamite, the father of Mordecai, Esther's uncle (Esther 2:5).

(4.) The father of Elhanan, who slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath (1 Chr. 20:5).

[Easton's Bible Dictionary]

BITH ANETH (track featured on Masada 1, Live in Jerusalem, NYC & Sevilla)

House of Aneth - a place ? [galili]

TZOFEH (track featured on Masada 1 only)

Watching, scout [galili]

ASHNAH (track featured on Masada 1, Live in Jerusalem, Middelheim & NYC)

ASHNAH Name of two towns in Judah Josh. 15:33, 43 [

ASHNAH (strong). Jos. 15:33. [

TAHAH (track featured on Masada 1, Issachar, Live in Middelheim & NYC)

Will be [galili]

KANAH (track featured on Masada 1 & Live in Jerusalem)

Bought [galili]

"Kanah"/"its shaft" shares a root with the word which means "to acquire." When one gives charity, he actually acquires wealth for himself, for Hashem will repay him. "Ve'kanah, gevi'ehah"/"its shaft, its cups" - The letters of these words can be reordered to spell "kenei be'yegi'ah"/"acquire through toil." This alludes to the fact that the highest form of charity is to give the poor person a job or to establish him in business so that he can earn a living through the toil of his hands. [torah.org]

There is an intellectual component, where man acquires wisdom and Torah, as Chazal teach us: A "zaken" (literally an elder, but referring to any wise person) is one who as acquired ("kanah") wisdom (Kidushin 32b). [torah.org]

Kanah - reedy; brook of reeds. (1.) A stream forming the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean eastward to Tappuah (Josh. 16:8). It has been identified with the sedgy streams that constitute the Wady Talaik, which enters the sea between Joppa and Caesarea. Others identify it with the river' Aujeh. (2.) A town in the north of Asher (Josh. 19:28). It has been identified with 'Ain-Kana, a village on the brow of a valley some 7 miles south-east of Tyre. About a mile north of this place are many colossal ruins strown about. And in the side of a neighbouring ravine are figures of men, women, and children cut in the face of the rock. These are supposed to be of Phoenician origin.

[Easton's Bible dictionary]

DELIN (track featured on Masada 1 only)

nothing yet

JANOHAH (track featured on Masada 1 only)

Janoah - or Jano'hah, rest. (1.) A town on the north-eastern border of Ephraim, in the Jordan valley (Josh. 16:6, 7). Identified with the modern Yanun, 8 miles south-east of Nablus.

(2.) A town of Northern Palestine, within the boundaries of Naphtali. It was taken by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 15:29).

[Easton's Bible dictionary]

ZEBDI (track featured on Masada 1, Issachar & Live in Jerusalem)

my present - mainly in religious sense when you bring present to the priester at the temple [Tauber]

IDALAH-ABAL (track featured on Masada 1, Barkokha, Zevulun, Live in Jerusalem & Taipei)

Idalah - snares(?), a city near the west border of Zebulun (Josh. 19:15). It has been identified with the modern Jeida, in the valley of Kishon.

[Easton's Bible dictionary]

ZELAH (track featured on Masada 1 & Live in Jerusalem)

= Sella ???     like in a prayer, "amen sella" [galili]

Zelah - slope; side, a town in Benjamin, where Saul and his son Jonathan were buried (2 Sam. 21:14). It was probably Saul's birthplace.

[Easton's Bible dictionary]

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