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Rissah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Heap of ruins; dew, a station of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:21, 22).
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
RIS'SAH (a ruin, a worm), a station of Israel. Num 33:21-22. It has been identified with the Roman Rasa, 30 miles from Elath, near the hill now named Ras el-Kaa, or "head of the plain," north-west of Ezion-geber. Wilton would place it at 'Ain el-Jughamileh, 125 miles south-south-west of Beersheba; Reland locates it at el-Kusaby, 55 miles south-west of Beer-sheba.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
watering; distillation; dew
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
RIS'SAH (a ruin, a worm), a station of Israel. Num 33:21-22. It has been identified with the Roman Rasa, 30 miles from Elath, near the hill now named Ras el-Kaa, or "head of the plain," north-west of Ezion-geber. Wilton would place it at 'Ain el-Jughamileh, 125 miles south-south-west of Beersheba; Reland locates it at el-Kusaby, 55 miles south-west of Beer-sheba.