A town of Edom, on the Gulf of Aqabah, one of the “stations” of the Israelites in the wilderness (Deut. 2: 8); a naval station during the monarchy (1 Kgs. 9: 26; 2 Kgs. 8: 20; 2 Kgs. 14: 22; 2 Kgs. 16: 6).