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Besom

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

a brush or broom of twigs for sweeping (Isaiah 14:23)

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.

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