Zīf
Zīf is a locality in West Bank, Palestine and has about 835 residents and an elevation of 841 metres. Zīf is situated nearby to the locality Ad Duwayr, as well as near Ḩurayz.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zif and Ar-Rifa’iyya.
Zif
Residential area
Ziph was a town in the Judean Mountains south-east of Hebron. According to the biblical narrative in 1 Samuel 23, David hid himself from Saul here. Saul took his "chosen men of Israel" into the wilderness of Ziph in search of David.
Ar-Rifa’iyya
Residential area
Ar-Rifa'iyya, is a Palestinian village in the Hebron Governorate, located east of the city of Yatta and south of the city of Hebron in the West Bank, and within the lands occupied after the 1967 war. Ar-Rifa’iyya is situated 2½ km southeast of Zīf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khallet al-Maiya and Ma’ale Hever;Maale Hever.
Khallet al-Maiya
Village
Khalet al-Maiyya خلة المية is a Palestinian village located nine kilometers south of Hebron and four kilometers west of Yatta. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. Khallet al-Maiya is situated 3 km south of Zīf.
Ma’ale Hever;Maale Hever
Village
Photo: Matanya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ma'ale Hever or Pnei Hever is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the eastern Hebron Hills to the east of Hebron at an elevation of 810 m, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Ma’ale Hever;Maale Hever is situated 3½ km northeast of Zīf.
Ad Deirat
Village
Ad-Deirat, is a village on the outskirts of Yatta in the Palestinian Hebron Governorate. It is part of the Khalet al-Maiyya village cluster, 11 km to the southeast of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank. It was occupied in 1967. Ad Deirat is situated 3½ km southeast of Zīf.
Zīf
- Type: Locality with 835 residents
- Also known as: “Zif”
- Category: human settlement
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Zīf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Zīf”
- Arabic: “زيف”
- Cebuano: “Zīf”
- Dutch: “Zīf”
- Hebrew: “זיף”
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