Gat
Gath or Gat was one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis during the Iron Age. It was located in northeastern Philistia, close to the border with Judah.
- Locality
- Description: ancient city and archaeological site mentioned in the Bible and in Akkadian sources
- Also known as“Gath”“Gimtu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Tsafit.
Tel Tsafit
Scenic viewpoint
Tell es-Safi was an Arab Palestinian village, located…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kfar Menahem and Luzit.
Kfar Menahem
Kfar Menahem is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Kfar Menahem is situated 3½ km northwest of Gat.
Gat
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Latitude
31.70149° or 31° 42′ 5″ north
Longitude
34.85017° or 34° 51′ 1″ east
Open location code
8G3PPV22+H3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Gat” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جت”
- Basque: “Gat”
- Basque: “Gath”
- Bulgarian: “Гет”
- Catalan: “Gat (Israel)”
- Catalan: “Gat”
- Chinese: “迦特”
- Czech: “Gat”
- Dutch: “Baäl Gad”
- Dutch: “Gat (plaats)”
- Dutch: “Gat”
- Dutch: “Gath”
- Dutch: “Tel es-Safi”
- Dutch: “Tel Zafit”
- Dutch: “Tell es-Safi”
- Esperanto: “Gat”
- French: “Gath”
- French: “Geth”
- French: “Tel Zafit”
- German: “Gat”
- Greek: “Γαθ”
- Greek: “Γεθ”
- Hebrew: “גת פלשתים”
- Hebrew: “גת”
- Hebrew: “תל א-צפי”
- Hebrew: “תל צפית”
- Hungarian: “Gát (bibliai város)”
- Hungarian: “Gát”
- Indonesian: “Gat”
- Italian: “Gat dei Filistei”
- Italian: “Gat”
- Japanese: “ガト”
- Latin: “Geth”
- Macedonian: “Гет”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gat”
- Norwegian: “Gat”
- Persian: “جت (شهر)”
- Persian: “جت”
- Polish: “Gat”
- Portuguese: “Gate”
- Russian: “Гат”
- Russian: “Геф”
- Serbian: “Гат”
- Slovenian: “Gat, Filisteja”
- Spanish: “Gat”
- Spanish: “Gath”
- Swedish: “Gat”
- Ukrainian: “Ґат”
- Urdu: “گاتھ (شہر)”
- Urdu: “گاتھ”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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