Jabbok

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Jabbok is an ancient name, mentioned in the Bible, for the Zarqa River that flows through modern-day Jordan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblicalPlace
river
ancientNameFor Zarqa River NERFINISHED
associatedWithFigure Jacob NERFINISHED
flowsInto Jordan River NERFINISHED
flowsThrough northwestern Jordan NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeTransliteration Yabbok NERFINISHED
hasApproximateLength about 105 kilometers
hasLanguageOfName Hebrew
hasModernName Zarqa River NERFINISHED
hasMouthIn Jordan Valley NERFINISHED
hasReligiousTradition Christianity NERFINISHED
Islam NERFINISHED
Judaism NERFINISHED
hasSourceIn Jordan NERFINISHED
historicallyBordered Ammon NERFINISHED
Gilead NERFINISHED
locatedIn Levant NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Jordan NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Transjordan NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent Asia
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
mentionedInBook Book of Deuteronomy NERFINISHED
Book of Genesis NERFINISHED
Book of Numbers NERFINISHED
separates Ammonite territory from Gilead
siteOfEvent Jacob wrestling with the angel
tributaryOf Jordan River NERFINISHED

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Zarqa River alsoKnownAs Jabbok
Zarqa River historicalName Jabbok