Brook of the Arabah* — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Unidentifiable brook presumably draining into the Arabah (Am 6:14). The Arabah is part of the desert rift extending from the Sea of Galilee to East Africa. A wadi (streambed) named Arabah is south of the Salt (Dead) Sea, but in the Bible, Arabah (“desert” or “wilderness”) designates portions of the Jordan Valley (Dt 4:48-49; Jos 8:14; 2 Kgs 25:4) as well as the Salt Sea (Dt 3:17). In the Wadi Arabah several springs and occasionally rain-fed streams drain into the Salt Sea.

Show passage in OET: AMO 6:14

OET-RV AMO 6:14

14 Therefore, listen, I’ll raise up a nation against you people of Yisrael (Israel).
§ That’s the declaration of Yahweh, the god with armies.
⇔ They’ll afflict you
⇔ from Levo-Hamat to the brook in the Aravah.”

OET-LV AMO 6:14

14 If/because HERE_I am_about _to _raise _up on_you(pl) Oh _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the _utterance _of YHWH the _god _of (the)_soldiers/messengers a _nation and_they _will _oppress you(pl) from Hamath to the _wadi _of (the)_ˊArāⱱāh.

Show passage in OET: DEU 4:48–49

OET-RV DEU 4:48

48 from Aroer city in the south along the edge of the Arnon valley, and as far north as Mt. Tsiyon (Zion) (normally called Mt. Hermon)

OET-RV DEU 4:49

49 and the entire plain east of the Yarden River, extending to the Sea of the Aravah (the Dead/Salt sea) and east to the slopes of Mt. Pisgah.

OET-LV DEU 4:48

48 From_ˊArōˊēr which is_on the _edge _of the _wadi _of ʼArnōn and_unto the _mountain _of Siyʼon that is_Ḩermōn.

OET-LV DEU 4:49

49 And_all the_ˊArāⱱāh the _other _side _of the _Yardēn/(Jordan) eastwards_on and_unto the _sea _of the _ˊArāⱱāh under the _slopes _of (the)_Pişgāh.

Show passage in OET: JOS 8:14

OET-RV JOS 8:14

14 When the king of Ay saw the Israelis, he hurriedly got his men ready, and went out early to meet Yisrael (Israel) for the battle. The king and his people went to a prepared spot overlooking the Yarden (Jordan) valley, but he didn’t know that another group lay in ambush behind the city.

OET-LV JOS 8:14

14 And_he/it _was just_ the _king _of (the)_ˊAy _as _saw and_they _hurried and_they _rose _early and_they _went _out the _men _of the_city to_meet Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) for_battle he and_all people _of_his to_place to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_ˊArāⱱāh and_he not he _knew if/because _that an _ambush to_him/it was_(from)_behind the_city.

Show passage in OET: KI2 25:4

OET-RV KI2 25:4

4 Then the Babylonians began breaking into the city, but the local fighters sneaked out at night through a gate between two walls near the king’s garden and escaped down to the desert plain.

OET-LV KI2 25:4

4 And_ the_city _it _was _broken _into and_all the _men _of (the)_war the_night the_way _of the_gate between the _two_walls which was_at the _garden _of the_king and_the_ones_from _Kasdiy were_on the_city all _around and_he/it _went the _way _of the _ˊArāⱱāh.

Show passage in OET: DEU 3:17

OET-RV DEU 3:17

17 The border extends from the plain along the east side of the Yarden (Jordan) valley, from Lake Kineret in the north to the Aravah lake (the Salt Sea or Dead Sea) in the south and to the slopes of Mt. Pisgah on the east.

OET-LV DEU 3:17

17 And_the_ˊArāⱱāh and_the_Yardēn/(Jordan) and_a _border from_Kinneret and_unto the _sea _of the _ˊArāⱱāh the _Sea _of (the)_Salt under the _slopes _of (the)_Pişgāh eastward_on.

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