Bible Location
Meaning: juniper; noise · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Rithmah was one of the wilderness encampments, likely near the Kadesh region. It is important because it belongs to the early desert stage associated with the transition toward the long period of wandering. First appears in Num 33:18.1
AI summary: Rithmah matters because its position in the itinerary suggests proximity to the Kadesh world, where Israel's history in the wilderness took a decisive turn. The cross references present Rithmah as an early desert station near the crisis-zone of wandering.1
Wild broom, a station in the wilderness (Num. 33:18, 19), the “broom valley,” or “valley of broombushes,” the place apparently of the original encampment of Israel, near Kadesh. 3
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.