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Sorek
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
or A wady (Hebrew nachal ) where dwelt Delilah (Judges 16:4). Near Gaza probably (Judges 16:21). Sorek means "a choice kind of vine" with dusky colored grapes. The Arabic now expresses a purple grade of Syria, noted for small raisins, soft minute pips, and red wine. Named from plantations of this vine; so Masrekah (Genesis 36:36). Porter identifies Sorek with wady Surar (Hebrew "pebbles"), the drain of the western Judaean hills, running as a broad flat valley through the lower hills and reaching the sea at Yebneh. The valley separates the rugged mountains of the 'Arkub from the "low rolling hills" of the shephelah , beyond which is the Philistine plain. The valley of Sorek joins the great gorge which bounded Judah on the N.; at the junction lie the ruins of Bethshemesh on a knoll. On the south is Timnath, where Samson slew the lion; on the north are Sur'a and Eshu'a, the ancient Zoreah and Eshtaol. Βeit Αtab ("rock Etam") is two miles westward; on the N. side of the valley is a chapel dedicated to neby Samit, a name related to Samson. (See TIMNATH.)
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Sorek'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/s/sorek.html. 1949.
