יָוָן, יָוָון (b. h.) 1) pr. n. m. Javan, son of Japheth, progenitor of the Grecian tribes, in gen. Greek, Greece; מלכות) Greek (Syrian) Government. Targ. Gen. X, 2; a. e.—Targ. Y. Gen. XV, 12.—Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to איל משלש, Gen. XV, 9) זו י׳ this alludes to the Greek government (founded by Alexander the Great). Ib. כל רוחות כבשו בני י׳ וכ׳ in all directions did the Greeks conquer, except in the East. Esth. R. introd. בבקרה של י׳ when Greece (Syria) is in the ascendancy, v. בֹּקֶר; a. fr.—Denom. יְוָנִי, יְוָנָאָה.
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יָוָן , יָוָון (b. h.) 1) pr. n. m. Javan , son of Japheth, progenitor of the Grecian tribes, in gen. Greek, Greece; מלכות ) Greek ( Syrian )…
References
- Jastrow, מַלְכוּת 1
- Onkelos Genesis 10:2
- Targum Jonathan on Genesis 15:12
- Bereishit Rabbah 44:17
- Genesis 15:9
- Jastrow, בֹּקֶר 1
- Jastrow, יְוָנִי 1
- Jastrow, יְוָנָאָה 1