Dead Sea

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• DEAD SEA — (Heb. יָם הַמֶּלַח, Yam ha Melaḥ; Salt Sea ), an inland lake in central Ereẓ Israel. It was created in the Upper Pleistocene Age by the drying up of the Rift Valley Sea (except for the southern end which probably dates to historical times). The… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Dead Sea — mid 13c., from DEAD (Cf. dead) + SEA (Cf. sea); its water is 26 percent salt (as opposed to 3 or 4 percent in most oceans) and supports practically no life. In the Bible it was the Salt Sea (Heb. yam hammelah), also Sea of the Plain and East Sea …   Etymology dictionary

• Dead Sea — the Dead Sea a large lake between Israel and Jordan. It is over 25% salt, so people can float in it very easily …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Dead Sea — Dead′ Sea′ n. geg a salt lake between Israel and Jordan: the lowest lake in the world. ab. 390 sq. mi. (1010 sq. km); 1293 ft. (394 m) below sea level …   From formal English to slang

• Dead Sea — inland body of salt water on the Israeli Jordanian border: c. 390 sq mi (1,010 sq km); surface, c. 1,349 ft (411 m) below sea level (the lowest known point on earth) …   English World dictionary

• Dead Sea — For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea (novel). Dead Sea A view from the Israeli side looking across to Jordan Coord …   Wikipedia

• Dead Sea — a salt lake between Israel and Jordan: the lowest lake in the world. 46 mi. (74 km) long; 10 mi. (16 km) wide; 1293 ft. (394 m) below sea level. * * * Arabic Al Baḥr al Mayyit Hebrew Yam Ha Melaḥ ancient Lacus Asphaltites Landlocked salt lake… …   Universalium

• Dead Sea —    The name given by Greek writers of the second century to that inland sea called in Scripture the salt sea (Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:12), the sea of the plain (Deut. 3:17), the east sea (Ezek. 47:18; Joel 2:20), and simply the sea (Ezek. 47:8). The… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Dead Sea —    The lowest point on earth. Located about 30 miles east of Jerusalem and shared by Jordan and Israel, it is 49 miles long and 11 miles wide, has a 1,309 foot maximum depth, and is 1,299 feet below sea level. Its salty water has a high content… …   Historical Dictionary of Israel

• DEAD SEA SCROLLS — DEAD SEA SCROLLS, the popular designation given to collections of manuscript material found in 1947 and the following years in various caves west of the Dead Sea, notably at qumran , Murabbaʿāt , Khirbat Mird, together with en gedi and masada .… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism