Gvaot

Gevaot is an Israeli outpost located in the , in the westernmost area of the settlement bloc. It is named for the hills from which Balaam spoke, according to Numbers 23:9, just like the neighbouring settlement .
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Gevaot” and “Gva’ot”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khirbet DJumdjum.

Archaeological site
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Khirbet Jamjum is an archaeological site located in the western Hebron Hills of the modern-day . The settlement occupies the summit and southern saddle of a prominent limestone ridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahalin and Al-Jab’a.

Village
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, also spelled Nahaleen, is a Palestinian village located in the of the State of Palestine, to the southwest of in the .

Village
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Jab'a is a Palestinian village in the central , located 17 kilometers north of Hebron and 15 kilometers southwest of . Located three kilometers east of the Green Line, it is located in the Seam Zone, surrounded by the Israeli settlements in the Gush Etzion Regional Council and the Israeli West Bank barrier.

Village
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is an Israeli settlement in in the , between and , founded in 1989 by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburg, in lands that Israel confiscated from the neighbouring Palestinian villages of and . is situated 2½ km south of Gvaot.

Gvaot

Latitude
31.67896° or 31° 40′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.10115° or 35° 6′ 4″ east
Open location code
8G3QM4H2+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 605917065
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q2916784
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Gvaot” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جفاعوت”
  • Catalan: “Guevaot”
  • Czech: “Geva’ot”
  • Czech: “Gva’ot”
  • Czech: “Gvaot”
  • French: “Gevaot”
  • French: “Guevaot”
  • German: “Gva’ot”
  • German: “Gvaʿot”
  • Hebrew: “גבעות”
  • Indonesian: “Gva’ot”
  • Indonesian: “Gvaot”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gva’ot”
  • Persian: “غویت”
  • Persian: “گواعوت”
  • Polish: “Gewa’ot”
  • Polish: “Gva’ot”
  • Polish: “Gvaot”
  • Spanish: “Guevaot”

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