Difference between revisions of "Eglaim"

<p> '''''eg´lā̇''''' -'''''im''''' ( אגלים , <i> ''''''eghlayim''''' </i> ; Ἀγαλείμ , <i> '''''Agaleı́m''''' </i> ): A place named in Isaiah 15:8 , possibly in the South of Moab. [[Eusebius]] ( <i> Onomasticon </i> ) identifies it with Agallim, a village 8 [[Roman]] miles South of [[Areopolis.]] It cannot now be identified. </p>

<p> (Hebrews Egla'yim, אֶגְלִיַם , two ponds; Sept. Ἀγαλείμ, Vulg. Gallim), a place named in Isaiah 15:8, apparently as one of the most remote points on the boundary of Moab. It is probably the same as the EN-EGLAIM (See [[En-Eglaim]]) (q.v.) of Ezekiel 47:10. [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] (Onomast. s.v. Ἀγαλλείμ, Agalleim) say that it still existed in their day as a village (Αἰγαλλαιμ ), eight miles south of Areoplis, i.e., Ar-Moab. Exactly in that position, however, stands Kerak, the ancient Kir-Moab. A town named Agalla (῎Αγαλλα ) is mentioned, by [[Josephus]] with [[Zoar]] and other places as in the country of the [[Arabians]] (Ant. 14:1, 4). Some have also confounded it with GALLIM (See [[Gallim]]) (q.v.). [[De]] Saulcy conceives [[Eglaim]] to be the same with a place which he names [[Wady]] Ajerrah, not far north of the ruins of Rabbah, but on slender grounds (Dead Sea, 1:262, 270). (See Eglath); (See [[Eglon]]) 3. </p>