Almon Diblathaim (Hebrew: עַלְמֹן דִּבְלָתָיְמָה) was one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus. Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel, the West Bank, the United States, and by Jewish communities around the world. ... For the song by Desmond Dekker see Israelites (song). ... The article Exodus discusses the events related in the book of the Bible by the same name. ...
The name means Almon of the double cake of figs. It is located somewhere in Moab. Moab (מוֹ×ָב, Standard Hebrew Moʾav, Tiberian Hebrew MôʾÄḇ Greek Μωάβ; Assyrian Muaba, Maba, Maab; Egyptian Muab) is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. ...
It was possibly the same place as Beth-diblathaim of Jeremiah 48:22, mentioned in the oracle against Moab. Also called Diblath. Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem by Rembrandt van Rijn Jeremiah or Yirmiyáhu (יִרְמְיָהוּHis writings are collected in the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations. ...
al’-mon-dib-la-tha’-im (‘almon dibhlathayim, "Almon of the double cake of figs"): A station in the wilderness journeyings of the Israelites, located in Moab between Diban-gad and the mountains of Abarim (Nu 33:46,47).
The name was probably given because the location was like two lumps of pressed figs.
In both occurrences the word has the accusative ending of direction, and should properly be read: "Almon toward Diblathaim." It was probably the same place as Beth-diblathaim of Jer 48:22, mentioned in the prophet’s oracle against Moab.
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