Abel-mizraim

Abel-mizraim (Hebrew: אבל מצרים, ’Āḇêl-Mitsrayim,; the "meadow of Egypt", or "mourning of Egypt")^[1] is a place "beyond," or east, of the Jordan river, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here Joseph and his 11 brothers (representing the future 12 tribes of Israel) and the Egyptians mourned seven days for Jacob (Genesis 50:4-11). Its exact site is unknown.^[2]

The name Abel-mizraim is only mentioned once in the Hebrew Bible.^[3]

Notes

1. Meadow of Egypt, would come from Abel (Meadow) and Mizraim (Egypt). "Mourning of Egypt" would come from Ebel (Mourning).
2. Aaron Demsky (1993). Marc Zvi Brettler; Michael A. Fishbane (eds.). "The Route of Jacob's Funeral Cortege and the Problem of 'Eber Hayyarden," Minhah Le-Nahum: Biblical and Other Studies Presented to Nahum M. Sarna in Honour of His 70th Birthday. A&C Black. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-1-85075-419-0.
3. Aaron Demsky (1993). Marc Zvi Brettler; Michael A. Fishbane (eds.). "The Route of Jacob's Funeral Cortege and the Problem of 'Eber Hayyarden," Minhah Le-Nahum: Biblical and Other Studies Presented to Nahum M. Sarna in Honour of His 70th Birthday. A&C Black. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-85075-419-0.

Attribution

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Abel-mizraim". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.