Sukkot (Gad)
Sukkot ( Hebrew סֻכּוֹת or סוּכוֹת, plural of Sukka , סֻכָּה, German Tabernacle ) is a biblical place near the Jordan , in the area of the Gad tribe .
The name of the place is said to go back to the fact that Jacob had built huts for himself and his cattle at this point after his fight with the angel. The place is also mentioned in the Book of Judges and as the site of a royal metal foundry . He is identified with Tell Deir Alla , a bare settlement mound on the plain north of the Jabbok River east of the Jordan in present-day Jordan , but the assignment is controversial.
literature
- George Williams: Succoth . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.