Bible Location

Waheb

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Waheb is a difficult and sparsely attested place-name preserved in the poetic route material of Numbers. It is important because it belongs to one of the Bible's oldest remembered fragments of wilderness geography. First appears in Num 21:14.1

Coordinates

27.09, 34.77

First appears

Num 21:14

AI summary: Waheb matters because the verse that preserves it comes from early poetic material embedded in Israel's travel tradition. Even though the location is uncertain, it contributes to the textured record of remembered movement through the wilderness.1

Latitude

27.09

Longitude

34.77

Bible references

1