ʿArrāba

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ʿARRĀBA

ʿARRĀBA (Ar. ﻋﺮاﺑﺔ), Muslim-Arab village southwest of Jenin, on the rim of the Dothan Valley (called in Arabic Sahl ʿArrāba). In 1967 it had 4,231 inhabitants, increasing to 7,453 in 1997, among them 35% refugees. The economy was based on field and garden crops. It is generally identified with Aruboth (Heb. אֲרֻבּוֹת), the center of Solomon's Third Province (i Kings 4:10).

[Efraim Orni]

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