Zered River

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The Zered River is a biblical watercourse in the Transjordan region, traditionally marking a boundary area near the ancient kingdom of Moab.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Zered River canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical river ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brook Zered ⓘ
Wadi Zered ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Israelite wilderness wanderings ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Israelites ⓘ
boundaryOf wilderness of Kedemoth (in some interpretations) ⓘ
describedAs boundary near the land of Moab ⓘ
emptiesInto Dead Sea region (traditional view) ⓘ
flowsThrough region east of the Dead Sea ⓘ
formsBorderWith Edom ⓘ
Moab ⓘ
hasRole geopolitical boundary in biblical geography ⓘ
languageName_he נחל זרד ⓘ
locatedIn Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Transjordan ⓘ
ancient Near East ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Near East
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
near territory of Edom ⓘ
linked to: Edom

territory of Moab ⓘ
referencedAs a crossing point for the Israelites ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInNarrative marks the end of the Israelites’ 38 years of wandering ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age Levant (biblical context) ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age Levant
traditionalIdentificationWith Wadi al-Hasa ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moab → borderedBy → Zered River ⓘ
Kingdom of Moab → borderFeature → Zered River ⓘ