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{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
|name=Ahuzam
|hebname={{Script/Hebrew|אֲחֻזָּם, אחוזם}}
|arname=أحوزام
|meaning=Biblical character
|image= Dji fly 20221201 142924 365 1669897978278 photo.png
|caption= Aerial view of Ahuzam
|founded=30 October 1950
|founded_by= [[Moroccan Jews|Moroccan]] [[Hapoel HaMizrachi|Ma'agalim]] Members
|altUnoSp=Ahuzzam
|region=[[Hevel Lakhish]]
|council=[[Lakhish Regional Council|Lakhish]]
| population={{Israel populations|Ahuzzam}}{{Israel populations|reference}}
| popyear={{Israel populations|Year}}
|pushpin_map=Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize=250
|coordinates = {{coord|31|33|14|N|34|46|11|E|display=inline,title}}
|website=
}}
'''Ahuzam''', or '''Ahuzzam''' ({{langx|he|אֲחֻזָּם}}) is a [[moshav]] in southern [[Israel]]. Located around five kilometres south of [[Kiryat Gat]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Lakhish Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}} its population was {{Israel populations|Ahuzzam}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==Etymology==
The moshav was originally named ''Ma'agalim''  but renamed after the biblical Ahuzam, son of [[Ashur (Bible)|Ashur]], the father or founder of [[Tekoa (ancient town)|Tekoa]], who may have lived in this area (1 [[Book of Chronicles]] 4:6).<ref name="hareuveni" />
==History==
Ahuzam was founded on 30 October 1950 by Jewish immigrants from [[Morocco]], members of the ''Ma'agalim'' society. It was associated with the [[Hapoel HaMizrachi]] movement,<ref name="ariel" /> but is now a mixed religious and secular community.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.negev-net.org.il/HTMLs/article.aspx?C2004=12630 |title=Or movement: Ahuzam |access-date=2010-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014175050/http://www.negev-net.org.il/HTMLs/article.aspx?C2004=12630 |archive-date=2007-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="ariel">{{cite encyclopedia|first=Ze'ev|last=Vilnai|authorlink=Zev Vilnay|title=Ahuzam|encyclopedia=Ariel Encyclopedia|volume=1|pages=101|publisher=Sifriyat HaSade|location=Israel|language=he}}</ref>
<ref name="hareuveni">{{cite book|title=Lexicon of the Land of Israel|publisher=Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books|year=1999|first=Immanuel|last=HaReuveni|pages=29|isbn=965-448-413-7|language=he}}</ref>
}}
{{Lakhish}}
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[[Category:Moshavim]]
[[Category:Lakhish Regional Council]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1950]]
[[Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)]]
[[Category:Moroccan-Jewish culture in Israel]]