The place where Israel, in their journey through the wilderness, encamped. (Num. xi. 35.) This name, like some others, Hazerim, Hazar - addar, (Num. 34. 4.) Hazah - gadda, (Josh. xv. 27.) mean one and the same thing. Hazer signifies the entry to the place, or village. Thus Hazezom - Tamar, the entrance to the city of palm trees, the same as Engedi. (See Gen 14:7.)
A station of the Israelites, about five days’ journey from mount Sinai, Num 11:35 . Here they remained a week or more, Num 12:1- 16; and their next station recorded was near Kades-barnea, on the borders of Canaan, Num 12:16 13:26 Deu 1:19-21 .\par
The stage after Kibroth Hattaavah in Israel’s wanderings (Num 11:35; Num 12:16; Num 33:17; Deu 1:1). Now El Ain, famed for its spring, on Israel’s probable route (which Ain el Hudherah is not) by the wady es Zulukah. But Clark identifies Hazeroth with Bir eth Themed, many miles further on the march northwards. Several valleys converge round El Ain, which with other springs make this region the oasis of the E. of the peninsula.
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Station of the Israelites in the wilderness. Num 11:35; Num 12:16; Num 33:17-18; Deu 1:1. Identified by some with Ain Hudherah, 28° 55’ N, 34° 30’ E.
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By: Emil G. Hirsch, M. Seligsohn
A station of the Israelites in the desert (Num. xi. 35, xii. 16, xxxiii. 17; Deut. i. 1). It was at Hazeroth that Miriam, having slandered her brother Moses, was stricken with leprosy (Num. xii. 1-11). The geographical position of Hazeroth is indicated in Deut. i. 1—in the Arabah opposite the Red Sea. It is identified with the modern 'Ain al-Khaḍra, on the route from Mt. Sinai to 'Aḳaba.
Bibliography:
Robinson, Researches, i. 223.