Halak, Mount
Halak, Mount
Jebell Maderah, with which we may probably identify this mountain, lies on the south side of a wady of the same name, five miles south-west of the pass of Sufah, and is a round, isolated hill, with numerous blocks of stone on the base and summit, which Arab tradition ascribes to a destructive shower, as a punishment for inhospitality on the part of the ancient inhabitants (Palmer, Desert of the Exodus, page 351).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Halak, Mount
halak ( , ha-har he-halak): A mountain that marked the southern limit of the conquests of Joshua (Jos 11:17; Jos 12:7). It is spoken of as the mount Halak (literally, the bare or smooth mountain) that goeth up to Seir. The latter passage locates it on the West of the Arabah. The southern boundary of the land is defined by the ascent of Akrabbim (Num 34:4; Jos 15:3). This may with some certainty be identified with the pass known today as nakb es-Safa, pass of the smooth rock, through which runs the road from the South to Hebron. To the Southwest opens Wady Maderah, a continuation of Wady el-Fikrah, in which there rises a conspicuous hill, Jebel Maderah, composed of limestone, answering well the description of a bare or smooth mountain. It is a striking feature of the landscape viewed from all sides, and may well be the mount here referred to. See also HOR, MOUNT.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Halak, Mount
[Ha’lak]
The southern limits of Joshua’s conquests. Jos 11:17; Jos 12:7. Not identified.