How to Pronounce Maaleh-acrabbim

MAY-uh-leh-uh-KRAB-im

Maaleh-acrabbim is pronounced MAY-uh-leh-uh-KRAB-im (ˌmeɪəlɛəˈkræbɪm): six syllables, stress on the first and fifth.

What is Maaleh-acrabbim?

Ascent of the scorpions; i.e., “scorpion-hill”, a pass on the south-eastern border of Palestine (Num. 34:4; Josh. 15:3). It is identified with the pass of Sufah, entering Palestine from the great Wady el-Fikreh, south of the Dead Sea. (See AKRABBIM.)

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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