Bible Location
Meaning: a knocking · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Dophkah was one of the wilderness encampments in the desert of Sin before Rephidim. It is important because it helps preserve the detailed route of the Exodus generation. First appears in Num 33:12.1
Place meaning
a knocking
Coordinates
28.77, 33.40
First appears
Num 33:12
AI summary: Dophkah's significance lies in ordered travel memory. Situated in the sequence before Rephidim, it helps keep the wilderness movement specific rather than generalized. The cross references present Dophkah as a desert station in the approach toward Sinai.1
Place meaning
a knocking
Latitude
28.77
Longitude
33.40
Bible references
2
Knocking, an encampment of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:12). It was in the desert of Sin, on the eastern shore of the western arm of the Red Sea, somewhere in the Wady Feiran. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.