HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4610
עַקְרַבִּים
ma.a.leh aq.rab.bim — Akrabbim
§ Maaleh-acrabbim = "ascent of scorpions" a pass on the southern border of Palestine scorpion-pass; ascent of Akrabbim
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Akrabbim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Scorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between the south of the Dead Sea and Zin, es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level of the land of Palestine. Scorpions are said to abound in this whole district, and hence the name (Num. 34:4). It is called “Maaleh-acrabbim” in Josh. 15:3, and “the ascent of Akrabbim” in Num. 34:4.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.