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Zohar
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Zohar (zō`här), in the Bible.

1 Father of the owner of the cave of Machpelah Machpelah , cave, near Hebron; also called the Cave of the Patriarchs. The Book of Genesis relates that it was bought by Abraham from Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite, for a family burial place.
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2 Son of Simeon. An alternative form is Zerah. For the book of Zohar, see kabbalah kabbalah or cabala [Heb.,=reception], esoteric system of interpretation of the Scriptures based upon a tradition claimed to have been handed down orally from Abraham.
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Its mystic texts such as the Zohar, or Book Of Splendour, are said to unravel the deepest mysteries of existence.
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