Rachel’s Tomb
Rachel's Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel. The site is also referred to as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque. The tomb is held in esteem by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
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- …lies at an elevation of 754 metres (2,474 feet)
- Description: Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem
- Also known as“Qabr Rāḩīl”“Tomb of Rachel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Walled Off Hotel and Caritas Baby Hospital.
The Walled Off Hotel
Hotel
The Walled Off Hotel is a boutique hotel in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. The Walled Off Hotel is situated 130 metres east of Rachel’s Tomb.
Caritas Baby Hospital
Hospital
The Caritas Baby Hospital is the only purely pediatric hospital in Palestine. Caritas Baby Hospital is situated 330 metres east of Rachel’s Tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Jala and Bethlehem.
Gilo
Suburb
Gilo is an Israeli settlement in south-western East Jerusalem, with a population of 30,000.
Rachel’s Tomb
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Latitude
31.71981° or 31° 43′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.20191° or 35° 12′ 7″ east
Open location code
8G3QP692+WQ
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Rachel’s Tomb” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قبر راحيل”
- Arabic: “مسجد بلال”
- Armenian: “Ռաքելի գերեզման”
- Azerbaijani: “Rahilə türbəsi”
- Catalan: “Tomba de Raquel”
- Chinese: “拉結墓”
- Czech: “Ráchelin hrob”
- Dutch: “Graf van Rachel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد بلال (بيت لحم)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد بلال”
- French: “Mosquée Bilal bin Rabah”
- French: “tombeau de Rachel”
- French: “Tombeau de Rachel”
- German: “Rahelgrab”
- Hebrew: “קבר רחל”
- Igbo: “Rachel’s Tomb”
- Indonesian: “Kuburan Rahel”
- Italian: “tomba di Rachele”
- Italian: “Tomba di Rachele”
- Japanese: “ラケルの墓”
- Japanese: “ラケル廟”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rakelgrava”
- Persian: “آرامگاه راحل”
- Persian: “آرامگاهٔ راحل”
- Persian: “آرامگاه راحیل”
- Persian: “آرامگاه راشل”
- Persian: “ارامگاه راحل”
- Persian: “ارامگاهٔ راحل”
- Persian: “ارامگاه راحیل”
- Persian: “ارامگاه راشل”
- Persian: “مقبره راحل”
- Persian: “مقبره راشل”
- Russian: “Гробница Рахили”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Raquel”
- Tamil: “ராகேலின் கல்லறை”
- Turkish: “Rahel Türbesi”
- Ukrainian: “Гробниця Рахилі”
- Urdu: “مقبرہ راحیل”
- Yiddish: “קבר רחל”
- Zeeuws: “Rachels graf”
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