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  • proper noun A place near the western extremity of the valley near Jerusalem.

Etymologies

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From the Old Testament, "very near", "the way of escape shall be made easy."

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Examples

  • His pretensions were eventually rejected by all but a few, who became known as Azalís (see note 177).

    The Kitáb-i-Aqdas 1817-1892 Bah��'u'll��h 1854

  • This is classic Who rendered as only your imagination could have done so before, when it took active participation to fill in the holes in the wobbly sets and to make Sutek or Azal genuinely scary.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Lou Anders 2006

  • As regards the “two Eternities,” Persian and Arab metaphysicians split Eternity, i.e., the negation of Time, into two halves, Azal (beginninglessness) and

    The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi 2003

  • And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzzi'ah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

    Zechariah 14. 1999

  • Sam paused, then added softly, "Azal ... carry her gently."

    Villains by Necessity Forward, Eve 1995

  • Paradises_ declares to have been conferred by the Bāb on his young disciple are Ṣubḥ-i-Ezel (or Azal), Baha-'ullah, and the strange title _Mir'at_ (Mirror).

    The Reconciliation of Races and Religions Thomas Kelly Cheyne 1878

  • Beth-ezel -- perhaps Azal (Zec 14: 5), near Jerusalem.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • An earthquake beneath Messiah's tread will divide Syria, making from Jerusalem to Azal a valley which will admit the ocean waters from the west to the Dead Sea.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Azal -- the name of a place near a gate east of the city.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • The Dead Sea rising above its shores will overflow by the valley of Edom, completing the straits of Azal into the

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

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