Elealeh = "God is ascending"

1. a Reubenite village near Heshbon (in ruins)

Beon = "in the dwelling: indwelling"

1. a place or city in Reuben

Dibon = "wasting"

1. a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad

2. a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity

Heshbon = "stronghold"

1. the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad

Jazer or Jaazer = "helped"

1. a Levitical city east of the Jordan, in Gilead in the territory of Gad, formerly an Amorite city; site uncertain

Nebo = "prophet"

1. a Babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to Greek Hermes, Latin Mercury, and Egyptian Thoth

   proper locative noun

2. a city in Moab and at one time assigned to Reuben; probably located on or near Mount Nebo

3. a city in Judah (maybe Benjamin) from which the families of some exiles, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, originally came

4. the mountain where Moses died; located east of the Jordan opposite Jericho; site uncertain

Nimrah = "limpid" or "pure"

1. a place on the east of the Jordan, 10 miles (16 km) north of the Dead Sea and 3 miles (5 km) east of the Jordan

Ataroth = "crowns"

1. a town east of the Jordan in Gilead, taken and built by the tribe of Gad

2. a place on the boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh

3. a place between Ephraim and Benjamin

Shebam or Shibmah or Sibmah = "fragrance"

1. one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of the Jordan in Moab; allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad