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HAR-KAR— . Can this name contain any reference
to the Horites of Bethlehem (1 Chr. ii. 19, 46, 50)? |
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YAQBAL—.1 Jacob-el.
See Groff, Revue égyptologique 1885, and No. 78. Comp. Iqbâla,
6 miles west of Jerusalem. |
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AQPUTO. |
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QAZIR—. Identified by Maspero with Gezer,
now Tel-Jezer, called Gazri in the Tel el-Amarna tablets.
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RBATU. Perhaps Khurbet Rubba, as Conder,
or Khurbet er- Rabiyeh, 8 miles west of Hebron. [Probably a repetition
of No. 82, the Rubute of the Tel el-Amarna tablets, the Rabbah of the Old
Testament.—ED.] |
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MÂQR-TU. May
the place be Ma’arath (Josh. xv. 59)? |
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ÂMQU. The Hebrew Emeq, or “Vale”
of Hebron (Gen. xxxvii. 14).
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SARTA. Sîret
el-Bellâ’a, 4 miles north of Hebron. From the distance (20 stadia
from Hebron) given by Josephus (Ant., vii. 1, 5), I think this the
site of the bor has-Sîrah, “well of Sirah” (2 Sam. iii. 26),
rather than ’Ain Sâreh, which is only 8 stadia distant, and bor
would be a “cistern” rather than a “spring.” |
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BARTTU. Beeroth, as No. 19. The name Wady
el-Biâr occurs twice to the north of Hebron, once on the road from
Jerusalem to Beersheba, and once on the northern road. |
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BATHSHAL—. The same
name occurs on a sphinx at Qurneh, and the “country of Bath-shal” is mentioned
by Seti I. In the Mohar’s Travels reference is made to “the country
of Baita-sha-al” in connection with Kirjath-el, apparently to the north
of Megiddo. Comp. Khurbet Beit Sh’ar, 6½ miles north of Hebron.
There was a northern Beth-Shari, Géog. du Talmud p. 264,
which reminds us of the name of Sarai. [The name is the Egyptian spelling
of the Assyrian Bit-sa-ili, the equivalent of the Hebrew Beth-el. It seems,
therefore, to have been copied from some cuneiform memorandum or despatch,
like the tablets of Tel el-Amarna. Possibly the great sanctuary of Hebron
was the Beth-el or “House of God” that was meant. —ED.] |
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BATANTA, BATBNTA.
In two of the lists we have Beth-Anath, in the third Beth-Banit. Beth-Anath
is mentioned by Seti I. Anat was the consort of the Babylonian god Anu,
and Banit would be the Babylonian word “Creatress.” The Beth-Anoth of Josh.
xv. 59 seems to be the modern Beit ’Ainûn, and we have the plural
’Anathoth at ’Anata. Perhaps Beth-Banit is Beit el-Bân, 9 miles west
of Hebron.
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KHL-QTU. I think this must be a Khelqath,
as in Josh. xxi. 31, 2 Sam. ii. i 6 (Helkath-hazzurim). Maspero proposes
Helkath-hazzurim near Gibeah (identified by Tyrwhitt Drake with the Wâdy
el-Askar, north of el-Jîb). |
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ÂN (determinative of a spring) QNÂ
(determinative of water). ’Ain el-Qana, 1 mile north-west of
Hebron, and formerly supplying it with water.
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QBÂU. Gibeah.
Jeb’a, 10 miles north of Hebron, may be “Gibeah of Judah.” Maspero proposes
el-Jib. |
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ZERR—. Perhaps Khurbet Sirreh. Maspero proposes the Zererath
of Judg. vii. 22, but this is too far north. [I should read Zill and identify
with the Zilû of the Tel el-Amarna tablets (No. 104), the Zelah of
Josh. xviii. 28, 2 Sam. xxi. 14, near Jerusalem.—ED.] |
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ZAFTA. Either Zephata in the south desert
or more probably the vale of Zephatha at Maresha (2 Chr. xiv. 10). Comp.
Khurbet Umm el-Asfeh, 3 or 4 miles south of Khurbet Yukîn. |
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BR-QNA. Perhaps the name of “the Kenite”
(Josh. xv. 57) is involved in this. |
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HUM‡. |
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