Bible Dictionary
DI-ZAHAB
Di-zahab was a place named in Moses’ description of Israel’s camp in the plains of Moab. Its exact location has not been established.
Definition
Di-zahab was a place named in Moses’ description of Israel’s camp in the plains of Moab. Its location has not been established.
Biblical Usage
The name occurs in Deuteronomy 1:1 within a list intended to identify the setting of Israel’s camp in the plains of Moab.
Historical Background
No place in the region has been found with a corresponding name or identifying clue. Various proposed identifications have been suggested, but the changes required by some proposals are not considered justified.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>di'-za-hab, diz'-a-hab di-za-habh; Septuagint Katachrusea, (literally, "abounding in gold"):</p><p>The name occurs in a list apparently intended to fix definitely the situation of the camp of Israel in the plains of Moab (De 1:1). No place in the region has been found with a name suggesting this; and there is no other clue to its identification. Some names in the list are like those of stations earlier in the wanderings. Thinking that one of these may be intended Burckhardt suggested Mina edh-Dhahab, a boat harbor between Ras Mohammad and `Aqaba. Cheyne gets over the difficulty by accepting a suggestion of Sayee that Di-zahab corresponds to Me-zahab (Ge 36:39); this latter he then transforms into Mitzraim, and identifies it with the North Arabian Mucri (Encyclopedia Biblica, under the word). The changes, however, seem greater than can be justified.</p><p>W. Ewing</p>