Ezion-Geber (Hebrew: עֶצְיֹן גֶּבֶר, Modern: ʻEṣyōn Gevér, Tiberian: ʿEṣyōn Geḇer, Biblical: Ġeṣyōn Geḇer; also Asiongaber) is a city only known from the Hebrew Bible, in Idumea,[dubious – discuss] a seaport on the northern extremity of the Gulf of Aqaba, in modern terms somewhere in the area of modern Aqaba and Eilat.[1]
According to Targum Jonathan, the name means "city of the rooster" (כְּרַך תַּרְנְגוֹלָא).
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia, Asiongaber, accessed 7 November 2017