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maʿălēh ʿaqrabbīm מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים ‘Slopes of Akrabbin’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from maʿăleh מַעֲלֶה ‘ascent’ and the plural of ʿaqrāv עַקְרָב ‘scorpion’
Roots: מעלה עקרב

maʿălēh ʿaqrabbīm pr n loc
Maaleh-acrabbim = "ascent of scorpions"
1) a pass on the southern border of Palestine
 1a) scorpion-pass; ascent of Akrabbim

Mentioned in Numbers 34:4 Joshua 15:3 Judges 1:36

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