The Definition of the word Akrabbim

Akrabbim

Scorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge "containing the pass between the south of the Dead Sea and Zin," "es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level of the land" of Palestine. Scorpions are said to abound in this whole "district, and hence the name (Num. 34:4). It is called" "Maaleh-acrabbim in Josh. 15:3, and "the ascent of Akrabbim" in" Num. 34:4.