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ZERED — ZERED, brook or valley of (Heb. נַחַל זֶרֶד, Naḥal Zered), a river valley described as a camping place of the Israelites before the flanking movement which brought them to Jahaz (Num. 21:12). The crossing of the deep rift in the mountains made a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Devarim (parsha) — Devarim, D’varim, or Debarim (דְּבָרִים Hebrew for “words,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 44th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the book of… … Wikipedia
Rehoboth (Bible) — Rehoboth ( he. רְחוֹבוֹת, unicode|Reḥovot; lit. broad places ) is the name of three Biblical places:* A well in Gerar dug by Isaac (Gen. 26:22), supposed to be in Wady er Ruheibeh, about 20 miles south of Beersheba. * An ancient city from which… … Wikipedia
Edom — Edomite redirects here. For the language, see Edomite language. For the pottery, see Edomite pottery. For other uses, see Edom (disambiguation). Map showing kingdom of Edom (in red) at its largest extent, c. 600 BC. Areas in dark red show the… … Wikipedia
GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MOAB — (Heb. מוֹאָב), a land E. of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, one of Israel s neighbors in biblical times. The highland of Moab extends southward to the Zered River (Wādī al Ḥasāʾ), eastward to the desert, and westward to the Dead Sea. Its northern… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EDOM — (Heb. אֱדוֹם), a land in the south of eastern Transjordan, the southeastern neighbor of Palestine. The Country The land of Edom is the most common name for the Edomite territory. It had, however, other names and appellations, both prosaic and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TRANSJORDAN — (Heb. עֵבֶרהַיַרְדֵּן). Geographically, Transjordan includes the area east of the Jordan River, extending from the sources of the Jordan near the hermon to the dead sea . However, the area north of the Yarmuk River (the Golan and Bashan) are… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JORDAN, HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF — (Ar. al mamlaka al Urdunniyya al Hashimiyya), an independent state in W. Asia, bordering on Israel and the West Bank of the Jordan River in the west, saudi arabia in the south and southeast, iraq in the east, and syria in the north. Transjordania … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moab — Moab, bewohnte Hochfläche östlich des Toten Meeres zwischen den Flüssen Arnon (Wadi Sel el Modjib) im Norden und Zered (Wadi el Hesa) im Süden, gehört heute zu Jordanien. Die Moabiter, wie Israel und die benachbarten Ammoniter und Edomiter zur… … Universal-Lexikon
