- The
Shephelah or
Shfela, lit. "lowlands" (Biblical Hebrew: הַשְּפֵלָה hašŠǝfēlā, also
Modern Hebrew: Hebrew: שְׁפֵלַת יְהוּדָה, Šǝfēlat Yəhūda, the "Judaean...
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known as
Gdera (Hebrew: גְּדֵרָה), is a town in the
southern part of the
Shfela region in the
Central District of
Israel founded in 1884. It is 13 kilometres...
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Azekah (Hebrew: עֲזֵקָה, ʿazēqā) was an
ancient town in the
Shfela ("lowlands of Judea")
guarding the
upper reaches of the
Valley of Elah,
about 26 km...
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Sitria (Hebrew: סִתְרִיָה) is a
moshav in
central Israel.
Located in the
Shfela near Rehovot, it
falls under the
jurisdiction of
Gezer Regional Council...
- foothills, the
Shfela; like the
plain this
narrows as it goes northwards,
ending in the
promontory of
Mount Carmel. East of the
plain and the
Shfela is a mountainous...
- and it
meant "lowland" in the
Phoenician language (cognate to the
Hebrew Shfela and the
Arabic Asfal أسفل).
During Roman rule, the name was
Latinised as...
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Caves of
Maresha UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location Shfela, Israel, Part of
Caves of
Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the
Judean Lowlands as a
Microcosm of the...
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archaeological site in the
foothills of the
Judaean Mountains at the
border of the
Shfela region roughly midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. It is now an Israeli...
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Alexandroni in the
Sharon region,
Kiryati in the Tel Aviv area,
Givati in the
Shfela, and
Etzioni in the
Jerusalem area. On
February 28, 1948, the
Levanoni Brigade...
- (480), in the end of the 1990s,
worked for some time on
local lines in the
Shfela region, and in the
beginning of 2000s were
finally removed from service...
