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Watch - phulake

Definition: phulake (foo-lak-ay') Abstract Noun, Feminine - a Watch, an abstract noun meaning to guard, keep watch. The Greeks and Jews divided the twelve hours of the night into three watches, the Romans four. The place where captives are kept, a dungeon, a prison.

Diagram: By convention, the sign of an abstract noun is an equilateral triangle. The word phulake appears three times, only in chapter six. The first two instances implies the sign is a triangle located below ground level. The third confirms it.

06:17b	and he binds him in a "watch" ...
06:27c	And coming from, he beheads him in the "watch."
06:48c	around the "fourth watch" ... he comes by them walking around on the sea ...

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