Hebron

Hebron (Arabic:  ; Hebrew: , Staundart Ebreu: , Tiberian: ), is a Palestinian ceety locatit in the soothren Wast Bank, 30 km (19 mi) sooth o Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Muntains, it lies 930 meters (3,050 ft) abuin sea level. It is the lairgest cieety in the Wast Bank an hame tae aroond 165,000 Palestinians,2007 Locality Population Statistics   Hebron Governorate Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007 . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). an ower 500 Jewish settlers concentratit in an aroond the auld quarter.Palestinian security forces deploy in Hebron 25/10/2008 gives about 500 as of October 2008Deborah Campbell, This Heated Place: Encounters in the Promised Land, Douglas & McIntyre, 2004 p. 63; James L. Gelvin, The Israel–Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War,Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. 190; Jerry Levin West Bank Diary: Middle East Violence as Reported by a Former American Hostage, Hope Publishing House, 2005 p. 26;Antony Loewenstein,My Israel Question: Reframing the Israel/Palestine Conflict, Melbourne University Publishing, 2006, p. 47; Robin Wright,Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, Penguin Group, 2008, p. 38For the figure o 700 settlers, see Jennifer Medina, "'Settlers’ Defiance Reflects Postwar Israeli Changes", The New York Times, April 22, 2007For the figure of 800 settlers, see Yaakov Katz, Tovah Lazaroff, "Hebron settlers try to buy more homes" , The Jerusalem Post, April 14, 2007 The ceety is maist notable for containin the traditional burial site o the biblical Patriarchs an Matriarchs an is therefore considered the seicont-holiest ceety in Judaism efter Jerusalem. The ceety is an aa veneratit bi Muslims for its association wi AbrahamCultural encounters with the environment: enduring and evolving geographic themes, Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 chapter Sharing Sacred Space in the Holy Land by Chad F. Emmett, pg. 271 an wis traditonally viewed as ane o the "fower Haly ceeties o Islam."The Catholic encyclopedia: an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic church, Volume 7, pg. 185, Charles George Herbermann et al, The Catholic Encyclopedia Inc., 1913. "For these reasons after the Arab conquest of 637 Hebron "was chosen as one of the four holy cities of Islam."The Encyclopedia of Islam, Volume 4, Johannes Hendrik Kramers and Joseph Schacht (eds), Brill, 1954

Hebron is a busy hub o Wast Bank tred, responsible for roughly a third o the aurie's gross domestic product, lairgely due tae the sale o marble frae quarries. It is locally well-kent for its grapes, figs, limestane, pottery wirkshops an glassblowing factories, an is the location o the major dairy product manufacturer, al-Junaidi. The auld ceety o Hebron is characterized bi nairae, windin streets, flat-ruifed stane hooses, an auld bazaars. The ceety is hame tae Hebron University an the Palestine Polytechnic University.Hebron University  Hebron University, P O Box 40, Hebron. West Bank, Palestine. Telephone: +970-2-2220995Time Higher education Hebron welcomes pull-out by Helena Flusfeder in Hebron 24 January 1997

 Etymology 
The name "Hebron" traces back tae twae Semitic ruits, which coalesce in the form ḥbr, haein reflexes in Ebreu, Amorite an Arabic, an denotin a range o meanins frae "colleague", "unite", "friend" or "tae be noisy". In the proper name Hebron, the sense mey be alliance.cf. Amorite ḥibrum. More generally, see G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry, Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Wm. B. Eerdmans 1974,ISBN 0-8028-2329-7 pp. 193ff. The root has magical overtones, and develops pejorative connotations in late Biblical usage In Arabic, Ibrahim al-Khalil () means "Abraham the friend", accordin tae Islamic teachin signifyin that, God chose Abraham as his friend.Surah 4 Aya (verse) 125 , Qur'an (source text)

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