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Ezion-Geber
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “city of idumea”. Today it says “city only known from the hebrew bible”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Isle of Graia ( Pharoan Island ), Gulf of Aqaba, Near”. It now reads “Biblical seaport on the northern extremity of the Gulf of Eilat Pharaoh's Island in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba”.
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Biblical seaport on the northern extremity of the Gulf of Aqaba Pharaoh's Island in the Gulf of Aqaba Ezion-Geber ( Hebrew : עֶצְיֹן גֶּבֶר , Modern : ʻEṣyōn Gevér , Tiberian : ʿEṣyōn Geḇer, Biblical : Ġeṣyōn Geḇer ; also Asiongaber ) is a city only known from the Hebrew Bible , in Idumea , a seaport on the northern extremity of the Gulf of Aqaba , in modern terms somewhere in the area of modern Aqaba and Eilat . According to Targum Jonathan , the name means "city of the rooster" (כְּרַך תַּרְנְגוֹלָא).
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “city of idumea”. Today it says “city only known from the hebrew bible”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Isle of Graia ( Pharoan Island ), Gulf of Aqaba, Near”. It now reads “Biblical seaport on the northern extremity of the Gulf of Eilat Pharaoh's Island in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba”. Read the current article and compare.
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city of idumea
Now
city only known from the hebrew bible
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