Bible Location
Meaning: burning · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Taberah was the wilderness place where the Lord's fire burned against Israel's complaining. It is important because it memorializes judgment at the start of renewed murmuring in the desert. First appears in Num 11:3.1
Place meaning
burning
Coordinates
28.92, 34.50
First appears
Num 11:3
AI summary: Taberah matters because the place-name itself is a judgment-memory. Israel's grumbling is answered by fire, and the site becomes a warning preserved in both Numbers and Deuteronomy. The cross references present Taberah as a wilderness place of burning, complaint, and solemn remembrance.1
Place meaning
burning
Latitude
28.92
Longitude
34.50
Bible references
2
Burning, a place in the wilderness of Paran, where the “fire of the Lord” consumed the murmuring Israelites (Num. 11:3; Deut. 9:22). It was also called Kibroth-hattaavah (q.v.). 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.