Encyclopedia of The Bible – Emek-Keziz
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Emek-Keziz

EMEK-KEZIZ ē’ mĭk kē’ zĭz (Heb. עֵ֥מֶק קְצִֽיץ derived from ’emēq, “low ground,” “valley” cognate to Ugar. ’m q, Canaanite ’amq, Mari Akkad. ḥamqum, and q’ṩīyṩ, “cut off,” cognate to Ugar. q ṩ ṩ, Akkad. qaṩāṩu(m), appearing only in Joshua 18:21 in the list of border cities between the Dead Sea and Jericho. The site is unidentified.