Hazar-enan — Atlas
…springs’ — and ayin, a spring, is also the ordinary Hebrew word for an EYE, so the corner of the land…
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The Wadi Eshcol — Atlas
…eshkol is Hebrew for a CLUSTER, so it is the Wadi of the Cluster — one of the Torah's many…
Moriah — Atlas
…the identification with the Temple Mount rests on the Chronicler (2 Chronicles 3:1) and Jewish tradition — a biblical-internal…
Gilgal — Atlas
…Coordinates point at the Jericho-area Gilgal and are marked approximate, since even that site is inferred from the biblical…
Jericho — Atlas
…in the text Joshua 7:1 Joshua 7:21 Joshua 2:1 Joshua 6:1 Joshua 6:20 Hebrews 11…
The Maktesh (the Mortar) — Atlas
…people of Canaan are silenced' — 'Canaanite' being the ordinary Hebrew word for MERCHANT. It is the traders' and silver-weighers…
Keilah — Atlas
…The name stands in fifteen verses of the Hebrew Bible (Qe‘ilah), eleven of them in 1 Samuel 23; after…
Bethesda — Atlas
…the majority text and Byzantine tradition read BETHESDA ('house of mercy' or 'house of the flowing,' depending how the Hebrew…
Shinar — Atlas
…The name stands in eight verses of the Hebrew Bible, and only there is it worn. The KJV, ASV and…
The Jabbok — Atlas
…Its Hebrew name, YABBOQ, chimes with both Ya'aqov ('Jacob') and the verb of that night, vayye'aveq, 'and he…
