Mitzpe Eshtamoa

Eshtemoa, also transcribed Ashtemoe, Eshtemo, and Esthama, was an ancient city in the , specifically in the southern Hebron Hills, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel south of Hebron from the Biblical period to the Talmudic period - the 4th century AD
  • Also known as: “Eshtemoa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shim’a and Khirbet Zanuta.

Village
Photo: Eman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shim'a, also Yonadav, is an Israeli settlement in the , along the Green Line south of and . Located on a hill 600 metres above sea level, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.

Hamlet
was a Palestinian Bedouin village in the in the southern , located 20 kilometers south of . It was ethnically cleansed during the 2023 Gaza war. is situated 3 km southwest of Mitzpe Eshtamoa.

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Asa'el, also known as Mitzpe Asa'el, is an Israeli settlement in the . Located three kilometres south-east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. is situated 3½ km southeast of Mitzpe Eshtamoa.

Mitzpe Eshtamoa

Latitude
31.39344° or 31° 23′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.01621° or 35° 0′ 58″ east
Open location code
8G3Q92V8+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1528468255
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q64363172
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Mitzpe Eshtamoa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أشتموع”
  • Arabic: “إشتموع”
  • French: “Eshtemoa”
  • German: “Eschtemoa”
  • Hebrew: “אשתמוע”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה אשתמוע”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esjtemoa”
  • Norwegian: “Esjtemoa”
  • Russian: “Эштемоа”
  • Slovenian: “Eštemoa”
  • Urdu: “اشتموع”

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