A station of the Israelites in the wilderness on the journey from Sinai to Kadesh (Numbers 11:34, 33:16). The name, which means "the graves of lust," was given to the place on account of its being the burial-ground of the multitudes that died through glutting themselves with quail flesh (Numbers 11:34). It would seem from Numbers 11:3,4, that Kibrothhattaavah was identical with Taberah, which was three days' journey from Sinai (comp. ib. 10:33). In Deuteronomy 9:22, however, the two stations are mentioned as distinct places. Kibroth-hattaavah is identified by Schwarz ("Das Heilige Land," p. 213) with the modern 'Ain al-Shihabah, in the interior of the desert (comp. Robinson, "Researches," 1:264).

E. G. H.

M. Sel.

Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Kibroth-Hattaavah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/k/kibroth-hattaavah.html. 1901.

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