Bible Location
Meaning: the rams; the strong; stags · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Elim was the oasis stop in the wilderness with twelve springs and seventy palm trees. It is important because it follows the hardships of Marah and becomes a brief place of abundance and rest in the Exodus journey. First appears in Exod 15:27.1
Place meaning
the rams; the strong; stags
Coordinates
29.31, 32.98
First appears
Exod 15:27
AI summary: Elim is memorable because it interrupts wilderness scarcity with refreshment. After bitter water and complaint, the people come to a place marked by springs and palms, and the camp there becomes a symbol of provision on the way. Even its brief appearance has enduring force because it balances the harsher episodes of the journey. The cross references present Elim as an oasis of relief, ordered abundance, and gracious pause in the Exodus story.1
Place meaning
the rams; the strong; stags
Latitude
29.31
Longitude
32.98
Bible references
4
Trees, (Ex. 15:27; Num. 33:9), the name of the second station where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Red Sea. It had “twelve wells of water and threescore and ten palm trees.” It has been identified with the Wady Ghurundel, the most noted of the four wadies which descend from the range of et-Tih towards the sea. Here they probably remained some considerable time. The form of expression in Ex. 16:1 seems to imply that the people proceeded in detachments or companies from Elim, and only for the first time were assembled as a complete host when they reached the wilderness of Sin (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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.