Hor Haggidgad

Hor Haggidgad (Hebrew: חֹר הַגִּדְגָּד, "Ḥōr Hag-Giḏgāḏ", 'cave of the Gidgad') is one of the stops of the Israelites on the Exodus journey. It is mentioned in Numbers 33:32-33 as a place where the Israelites stopped druing the Exodus, probably meaning 'cave of GidGad/GudGod'. [Craige, Peter C., "The Book of Deuteronomy" Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1976 ISBN 9780802825247 p.200 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PAslX-YsNagC&pg=PA200&dq=%22Hor+Haggidgad%22&ei=dKbLSIXHOoLgywSFpNHGAQ&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U0yQWsb5EsGbW1VWJKWNXkIx-oy3A] ] it is called Gudgodah in Deuteronomy 10:7. [Freedman, David Noel; Allen C. Myers; Astrid B. Beck "Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible " Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000 ISBN 9780802824004 p.200 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P9sYIRXZZ2MC&pg=PA534&dq=%22Hor+Haggidgad%22&ei=dKbLSIXHOoLgywSFpNHGAQ&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U1L0drRr21cdQWhb-TKuTGOlP7LBg] ] It's location is uncertain but has been identified as possible near Wadi Hadahid [Craige, Peter C., "The Book of Deuteronomy" Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1976 ISBN 9780802825247 p.200 p. 200] or Wadi Ghadhaghedh in the Eastern Sinai [Freedman, David Noel; Allen C. Myers; Astrid B. Beck "Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible " Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000 ISBN 9780802824004 p.607 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P9sYIRXZZ2MC&pg=PA607&dq=location+Gudgodah+wadi&ei=aq3LSJ2DJ4zAzAS42L2jBw&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U0p77G_0htQoHKFIIN3l9bxIK3zPA] ] although some see this as etymologically impossible. [Bromiley, Geoffrey W. "The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia" Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995 p.756 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yklDk6Vv0l4C&pg=PA756&lpg=PA756&dq=wadi++ghadhaghedh&source=web&ots=298yKoC5vV&sig=7NRUHa8GqjaMYyHQ8OyqXv7EEUs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result] ISBN: 978-0-8028-3782-0]

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