Bible Dictionary
IYE-ABARIM
Iye-abarim was a stopping place in Israel’s wilderness journey, located before Moab toward the sunrise. Its exact location is unknown; it was later called Iyim.
Definition
Iye-abarim was a stopping place in Israel’s wilderness journey. It lay in the wilderness before Moab, toward the sunrise, and at the border of Moab. Its name means “the heaps of the Abarim.”
Biblical Usage
The place is named among Israel’s encampments after Oboth and is called Iyim in the later itinerary.
Historical Background
The geographical indications are insufficient for identification, and nothing had been discovered in the district to settle its location. The shortened name Iyim appears in the later wilderness record.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>i-ye-ab'-a-rim (`iye ha-`abharim, "the heaps of the Abarim"; the King James Version Ije-abarim; in Nu 21:11 the Septuagint reads Codex Vaticanus, Chalglei): A place in the journeyings of Israel named after Oboth, said to be "in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising" (Nu 21:11), "in the border of Moab" (Nu 33:44). The indications of position here given are not sufficient to guide to any identification, and, so far, nothing has been discovered in the district to help us. Called simply "Iyim" (the King James Version "Iim") in Nu 33:45.</p>