Halak
Halak
(Heb. Chalak’p, smooth; Sept. and ), the name (or, rather, epithet) of a hill ( , both with the art.=-the bare mount) near the territory of Seir, at the southern extremity of Canaan, among the conquests of Joshua (Jos 11:17; Jos 12:7); so called, doubtless, from its bald appearance, making it a landmark in that direction. Hence it is used by Joshua, as Beersheba was used by later writers, to mark the southern limit of the country So Joshua took all that land from the Mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad, in the valley of Lebanon, under Mount Hermon. The situation of the mountain is thus pretty definitely indicated. It adjoins Edom, and lay on the southern border of Palestine; it must, consequently, have been in, or very near, the great valley of the Arabah. The expression, that goeth up to Seir ( ), is worthy of note. Seir is the mountainous province of Edom, SEE SEIR; and Mount Halak would seem to have been connected with it, as if running up towards it, or joining it to a lower district. About ten miles south of the Dead Sea a line of naked white cliffs, varying in height from 50 to 150 feet, runs completely across the Arabah. As seen from the north, the cliffs resemble a ridge of hills (and in this aspect the word might. perhaps be applied to them), shutting in the deep valley, and connecting the mountain chain on the west with the mountains of Seir on the east. It is possibly this ridge which is referred to in Num 24:3-4, and Jos 15:2-3, under the name Ascent of Akrabbim, and as marking the south-eastern border of Judah; and it might well be called the bald mountain, which ascends to Seir. It was also a natural landmark for the southern boundary for Palestine, as it is near Kedesh-barnea on the one side, and the northern ridge of Edom on the other. To this ridge, bounding the land in the valley on the south, is appropriately opposed on the north, Baal-gad, in the valley of Lebanon (Keil on Jos 11:17). The cliffs, and the scenery of the surrounding region, are minutely described by Robinson (Bib. Res. 2, 113, 116 120). Still, the peculiar term, the bald mountain, seems to require some more distinctive eminence, perhaps in this general range. Schwarz thinks it may be identified with Jebel Madura, on the south frontier of Judah, between the south end of the Dead Sea and wady Gaian (Palestine, p. 29); marked on Robinson’s map a little south of the famous pass Nukb es-Safah.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Halak
smooth; bald, a hill at the southern extremity of Canaan (Josh. 11:17). It is referred to as if it were a landmark in that direction, being prominent and conspicuous from a distance. It has by some been identified with the modern Jebel el-Madura, on the south frontier of Judah, between the south end of the Dead Sea and the Wady Gaian.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Halak,
HALAK, or the smooth mountain, Jos 11:17; Jos 12:7 (only).This eminence has not been identified, but its approximate locality is indicated by the words that goeth up to Seir; and it formed the southern limit of Joshuas conquests.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Halak
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A mountain, the southern limit of Joshua’s conquests.
Jos 11:17; Jos 12:7
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Halak
Ha’lak. (smooth). The mount Halak. A mountain, twice, and twice only, named, was the southern limit of Joshua’s conquests, Jos 11:17; Jos 12:7, but which has not yet been identified.