H2218 H2218
Zered; a wadi (seasonal stream) marking the boundary crossed by Israel on the way to Canaan.
The name of a wadi—a seasonal watercourse—that Israel crossed during the wilderness wanderings, marking a significant boundary between territories. Numbers 21:12 records the encampment at the Wadi Zered, and Deuteronomy 2:13-14 recalls that thirty-eight years had elapsed between Kadesh-barnea and the crossing of Zered, during which the entire warrior generation perished. Its exact location is debated: candidates include Wadi el-Ahsy between Moab and Edom, or Wadi Kerak. All four translations render it uniformly as 'Zered,' confirming its established place-name status.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper place name designating a wadi (seasonal stream valley) in the Transjordan region, serving as a geographical milestone in Israel's wilderness journey. In Numbers 21:12 it appears as a campsite, while Deuteronomy 2:13-14 marks the crossing of Wadi Zered as the moment when thirty-eight years of wandering were completed and the doomed generation had passed away. The name is rendered consistently across languages—English, Spanish, French, and German all give 'Zered'—reflecting its fixed toponymic identity. Its identification remains uncertain, with Wadi el-Ahsy and Wadi Kerak as leading candidates. 4×
AR["زَارَدَ"]·ben["জেরদের", "জেরেদ"]·DE["Zered"]·EN["Zered"]·FR["Zered"]·heb["זרד"]·HI["अड़तीस", "ज़ेरेद", "ज़ेरेद-का"]·ID["Zered"]·IT["Zered"]·jav["Zered", "Zèrèd"]·KO["세렇", "제레드"]·PT["Zered", "Zerede"]·RU["Зеред"]·ES["Zered"]·SW["Zeredi", "la-Zeredi"]·TR["Zered'in", "Zeret"]·urd["زرد"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זֶ֫רֶד n.pr.fl. (√ dub.; on form cf. LgBN77)—נַחַל זֶ֫רֶד Dt 2:13; נַחַל זָ֑רֶד Nu 21:12 (JE), Dt 2:13, 14; identification disputed; RobBR ii. 157 proposes Wadyel-Aḥsy (= נַחַל הָעֲרָבִים Is 15:7), between Moab & Edom; Sail Saʿîde (Kn), chief source of Arnon from SE. (Burckh Syrien, 635), or W. Kerak (Ges Ke Di); so also GASmGeog.557.