projecting; a flower, a cleft or pass, probably that near En-gedi, which leads up from the Dead Sea ( 2 Chronicles 20:16 ) in the direction of Tekoa; now Tell Hasasah.

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.