Skip to content
EntityQ11978271· pop 8· linked from 97 articles

Jattir (Hebrew יַתִּר, pronounced Yattir; Arabic: 'Attir عتّير) is a town in Judea mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. It was known as Iethira during the 4th century CE, when it was a Christian town. It is identified with Khirbet Attir, a depopulated Palestinian village and archeological site in the southern Hebron Hills, located in modern-day Israel.

Weather now

cached 554h ago
22°clear sky
82% 5.4 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Region
מחוז הדרום
Country
ישראל
Population
0

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Wikidata facts

Image
Jattir columbarium.jpg
Show 1 more fact
Commons category
Hirbat Yatir
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~4 min read

Article

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Hebrew Bible
  • Onomasticon
  • Madaba Map
  • Khirbet 'Attir (ʿAttir)
  • 1948 and aftermath
  • Archeological site
  • Other identifications
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography

Jattir (Hebrew יַתִּר, pronounced Yattir; Arabic: 'Attir عتّير) is a town in Judea mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. It was known as Iethira during the 4th century CE, when it was a Christian town. It is identified with Khirbet Attir, a depopulated Palestinian village and archeological site in the southern Hebron Hills, located in modern-day Israel.

== History ==

On the map

3 mapped locations

Available in 7 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0

Connections

Categories