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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

|              |              |   | which it is named.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ III. 305; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XXI.)
                |              |              |   |
=HALI=          |Josh. xix. 25 |_Kh. ʾAlia_   | 6 |A town on the boundary
                |              | (?)*         |   | of Asher, named
                |              |              |   | between ‘Helkath’ and
                |              |              |   | ‘Beten.’ The name Kh.
                |              |              |   | ʾAlia, some 13 miles
                |              |              |   | south-east of Akka is
                |              |              |   | suggestive of this
                |              |              |   | site, and may probably
                |              |              |   | be in the district of
                |              |              |   | ‘Aloth,’ which see.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ I. 170; Sh.
                |              |              |   | III.)
                |              |              |   |
=HALICARNASSUS= |1 Macc. xv.   |_Budrûm_      |-- |A city in ‘Caria,’
                | 23; Jo. Ant. |              |   | celebrated for its
                | xiv. 10, 23  |              |   | harbour and the
                |              |              |   | strength of its
                |              |              |   | fortifications,
                |              |              |   | the birth-place of
                |              |              |   | Herodotus and of the
                |              |              |   | later historian,
                |              |              |   | Dionysius. A plan of
                |              |              |   | the site is given in
                |              |              |   | Ross, _Reisen auf
                |              |              |   | den Griech Inseln_
                |              |              |   | (vol. iv., p. 30).
                |              |              |   | The modern name is
                |              |              |   | ‘Budrûm.’
                |              |              |   |
=HAM=           |Gen. xiv. 5   |_Not          |-- |Thought to be another
                |              | identified_  |   | form of Ammon. The
                |              |              |   | Targums of Onkelos and
                |              |              |   | Pseudo Jonathan have
                |              |              |   | Hemta. Schwartz (217)
                |              |              |   | suggests ‘Humeitat,’
                |              |              |   | or ‘Hammet Animah,’ 1
                |              |              |   | mile north of ‘Rabba.’
                |              |              |   |
=HAMATH=        |Num. xiii.    |_Hama_        |-- |The present city Hama,

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Bible -- Geography; Names in the Bible; Names, Geographical

|              |              |   | which it is named.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ III. 305; Sh.
                |              |              |   | XXI.)
                |              |              |   |
=HALI=          |Josh. xix. 25 |_Kh. ʾAlia_   | 6 |A town on the boundary
                |              | (?)*         |   | of Asher, named
                |              |              |   | between ‘Helkath’ and
                |              |              |   | ‘Beten.’ The name Kh.
                |              |              |   | ʾAlia, some 13 miles
                |              |              |   | south-east of Akka is
                |              |              |   | suggestive of this
                |              |              |   | site, and may probably
                |              |              |   | be in the district of
                |              |              |   | ‘Aloth,’ which see.
                |              |              |   | (_Mem._ I. 170; Sh.
                |              |              |   | III.)
                |              |              |   |
=HALICARNASSUS= |1 Macc. xv.   |_Budrûm_      |-- |A city in ‘Caria,’
                | 23; Jo. Ant. |              |   | celebrated for its
                | xiv. 10, 23  |              |   | harbour and the
                |              |              |   | strength of its
                |              |              |   | fortifications,
                |              |              |   | the birth-place of
                |              |              |   | Herodotus and of the
                |              |              |   | later historian,
                |              |              |   | Dionysius. A plan of
                |              |              |   | the site is given in
                |              |              |   | Ross, _Reisen auf
                |              |              |   | den Griech Inseln_
                |              |              |   | (vol. iv., p. 30).
                |              |              |   | The modern name is
                |              |              |   | ‘Budrûm.’
                |              |              |   |
=HAM=           |Gen. xiv. 5   |_Not          |-- |Thought to be another
                |              | identified_  |   | form of Ammon. The
                |              |              |   | Targums of Onkelos and
                |              |              |   | Pseudo Jonathan have
                |              |              |   | Hemta. Schwartz (217)
                |              |              |   | suggests ‘Humeitat,’
                |              |              |   | or ‘Hammet Animah,’ 1
                |              |              |   | mile north of ‘Rabba.’
                |              |              |   |
=HAMATH=        |Num. xiii.    |_Hama_        |-- |The present city Hama,

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Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

Names and places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha, with their modern identifications

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