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עַקְרַבִּים

ma.a.leh aq.rab.bimN:N--L

Akrabbim

§ Maaleh-acrabbim = "ascent of scorpions" a pass on the southern border of Palestine scorpion-pass; ascent of Akrabbim

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מַעֲלֶה₁₉ noun masculine^{Isa 15:5} ascent; — ׳מ Neh 12:37 construct מַעֲלֵה Josh 10:10 + 14 t.; מַעֲלָו֯ Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37

1. ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1Sam 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2Chr 32:33 הַזֵּיתִית ׳מִ 2Sam 15:30 (see זַיִת 3); עַקְרַבִּים ׳מ = Srorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Judg 1:36; Num 36:4; Josh 15:3 (both P), i.e. probably the Na‡b eƒ-ƒafâ southwest from Dead Sea Buhl^{Geogr. 16. 66} Di and GFM on the passage, and references; often defined by proper name, of a location: אֲדֻמִים ׳מ Josh 15:7; Josh 18:17, south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern Tel`at ed-dâm Buhl^{Geogr. 98}.; see also בֵּית חוֺרֹן I. גּוּר, II. חֶרֶס, לוּחִית, II. ציץ.

2. of stairs Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37 to a wall Neh 12:27 מַעֵלֵה הַלִּוִיִּם Neh 9:4. p.111, 158, 357, 532, 851

עַקְרָב noun masculine scorpion (apparently quadriliteral; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian a‡rabu; Ethiopic ; Arabic ; ᵑ7 עַקְרַבָּא);

**< [feminine] as in Late Hebrew, Syriac, Mandaean, Arabic (Levy gives Talmud [Aramaic] as masculine, but are readings correct?), Nöldeke (privately). — absolute עַקְרָב Deut 8:15 (collective; of wilderness), plural עַקְרַבִּים Ezek 2:6 (figurative of enemies); ׳יִסַּר בָּע 1Kgs 12:11; 1Kgs 12:14 = 2Chr 10:11; 2Chr 10:14, i.e. scourges with points, stings. — See also מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים.

3 occurrences

Numbers (1), Joshua (1), Judges (1)