Geographical place-identifications for S^emo^t and B-Midbar and Dabari^m

S^emo^t 13-16; B-Midbar 1-27

B-Midbar 33 & Dabari^m 1-2

site

identification

       

S^emo^t 13:20

B-Midbar 33:6

>etam

 

14:2 & :9

:7

Pi^ ha-H.irot

 
   

Ba<al S.po^n

 
   

Migdol

 

15:23

:8

Marah

kuria MuRia, <oman

:27

:9

>e^limah

bILad MAnah., <oman

 

:10

Yam Sup

SUwayq, <oman

16:1

:11

wl. Sin

maSkIN, <oman

 

:12

Dapqah

D.AnK, <oman

 

:13

>alus^

RUwayS, trucial states

B-Midbar 17:1

:14

Rpidim

RIyyaD., najd

19:2

:15

Sinay

SaNAm, najd

11:3

 

Tab<erah

BuRaydah, najd

:34

:16

Qibrot ha-Ta>wah

QaYs.umah, s.umman, + Bas.Rah + AhWAz, H^uzistan

:35

:17

H.s.erot

H^AliS., diyala

 

:18

Ritmah

tikRIT, s.alah. >al-din

 

:19

Rimmon Pares.

aRxaMMe (lib. 5, cap. 17)

12:16

 

Pa>ran

rv. PuRat (euphrates)

 

:20

Libnah

LamBaNe on the tigris (lib. 5, cap. 17)

 

:21

Rissah

ReSkiphe on the euphrates (lib. 5, cap. 17)

 

:22

Qhelatah

rv. KELkiT

 

:23

S^aper

-S,ehiR, tu:rkiyeh

 

:24

H.radah

ERDek, balikesir

 

:25

Maqhelot

MAKedon + HELOT- in peloponnesos

 

:26

Tah.at

TeTovo [in Paionia]

 

:27

Tarah.

TeARCe [in Paionia]

 

:28

Mitqah

MITrovica, kosovo

 

:29

H.as^monah

HerCegOviNa

 

:30

Mosero^t

MOStaR (capital of hercegovina)

 

:31

Bne^ Ya<qan

BaNJa luKa, bosnia

 

:32

H.or ha-Gidgad

GrADis^ka, croatia

 

:33

Yat.batah

TrBovlje, slovenia

 

:34

<abronah

BRNik (airport for ljubljana, slovenia)

 

:35

<es.yon Gaber

triESte + KoPER

20:1

:36

wl. S.in

uDINe, friuli

:1

 

Qades^

CorDenonS, friuli

:22

:37

mt. Hor

alpi ORtles, adige

 

:41

S.almonah

ZoLa + MONghidoro, bologna

 

:42

Punon

PUNta mariNa, ravenna

21:10

:43

>obot

UrBino, marche

:11

:44

<iyye^ ("islands of") <bari^m

islands off ABRuzzI-molise [the setting of Shakespeare's Tempest]

:12

 

Zared

SARTeano, toscana

:13

 

rv. >arno^n

rv. ARNO in toscana

:14

 

Waheb in Supah

VArense ligure in la SPezia

:15

 

<ar

fiorenzula di ARda, piacenza

:16

 

B>er

BERgamo [in braccata transpadana]

:18

 

Mattanah

MArTigNy, switzerland

:19

 

Nah.li^->el

Neucha^tEL, switzerland

   

Bamo^t

BAsel + MUTTeriz, switzerland

 

:45

Dibon Gad

DIaBate i. off GorDiatnon pr., sardinia (GCP, lib. 3, cap. 3)

 

:46

<almon Diblataymah

ALbiane + MakriNoi of kyrnos / corsica (GCP, lib. 3, cap. 2)

 

:47

mt.s <bari^m

BAleaRic i.s

   

Nbo^

EBYssos i. (GCP, lib. 2, cap. 5)

 

:48

rv. Yarden

rv. eRiDanos = RhoDaNus (rho^ne)

 

:49

Be^t Ys^imot [?Ws^imot]

VaSIoN in narbonensis (GCP, lib. 2, cap. 9)

:20

 

mt. Pisgah

mt. PuIGmal in pyrenees

:21

 

Sihon

SEGallAUNoi of narbonensis (GCP, lib. 2, cap. 9)

:23

 

Yahs.ah

IeSSos [in catalun~a] (GCP, lib. 2, cap. 5)

:28

 

H.es^bo^n

l'HoSPitalet, catalun^a

:33

 

<o^g

AUtriGones [of asturias] (GCP, lib. 2, cap. 5)

   

Bas^an

BAStitANoi [in castilla la nueva] (GCP, lib. 2, cap. 5)

   

>edre<i^

Aranda de DueRo, castilla la vieja

 

:49

>abel S^it.t.i^m

ABrantes, santare`m, + eXTrEMadura

 

Dabari^m 2:11

>emi^m

porto EMpedocle, sicilia

GCP = Claudius Ptolemaios: Geographia. [Geography of Claudius Ptolemy. New York Public Library, 1932.]

(written Jan. 8, 07)