A word if I may

[gbausc]

I hope I don't weary you, Raymond, but I think I have found the reference you were looking for.
It is in The Peshitta and Hebrew OT, Obadiah, 1:20. The Hebrew uses the word "Sepharad"
Ob 1:20 And the captivity <01546> of this host <02426> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> shall possess that of the Canaanites <03669>, even unto Zarephath <06886>; and the captivity <01546> of Jerusalem <03389>, which is in Sepharad <05614>, shall possess <03423> (8799) the cities <05892> of the south <05045>.

bgnh yr( t) wsry drpsb rs) Mlswry tlgw tpru-d( Mynenk-rs) l)rvy ynbl hzh-lxh tlgw Ob 1:20



Strong's Hebrew Lexicon:

05614 drpo C@pharad sef-aw-rawd???

of foreign derivation; ; n pr loc

AV-Sepharad 1; 1

Sepharad =" separated"

1) a place where Israelites were exiled; site unknown

Guess what word The OT Peshitta uses in that place ?
Yes, "Espania".

Apparently at the time of the captivity of Jerusalem, there were Jews exiled to camps in Spain, some 6 centuries B.C.
(Please excuse my Hebrew fonts in Obadiah).
Very interesting find.

Dave