Bible Location
Meaning: his side; his hunting · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Zedad was a northern boundary town or marker near the Hamath region. Its exact site is debated in modern identification, but it is important because it helps define the far extent of the land in both Numbers and Ezekiel. First appears in Num 34:8.1
Place meaning
his side; his hunting
Coordinates
34.31, 36.93
First appears
Num 34:8
AI summary: Zedad matters because prophetic and legal land descriptions both rely on it to establish the northern horizon. The cross references present Zedad as a boundary marker at the outer edge of Israel's mapped inheritance.1
Place meaning
his side; his hunting
Latitude
34.31
Longitude
36.93
Bible references
2
Side; sloping place, a town in the north of Palestine, near Hamath (Num. 34:8; Ezek. 47:15). It has been identified with the ruins of Sudud, between Emesa (Hums) and Baalbec, but that is uncertain. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.