Tlamim

Tlamim
תְּלָמִים‎
Tlamim
Coordinates: 31°33′47.25″N 34°40′9.9″E / 31.5631250°N 34.669417°E / 31.5631250; 34.669417Coordinates: 31°33′47.25″N 34°40′9.9″E / 31.5631250°N 34.669417°E / 31.5631250; 34.669417
District Southern
Council Lakhish
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1950
Population (2015)[1] 897
Name meaning Furrows

Tlamim (Hebrew: תְּלָמִים‎, lit. Furrows) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in Hevel Lakhish it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 897.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish refugees from the island of Djerba in Tunisia as part of the effort to settle the region. Its name is derived from a verse in the Book of Psalms (65:11): "Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly, thou settlest the furrows thereof."[2]

It was founded on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Burayr.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jeruusalem 1999, Carta, p.71, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (in Hebrew)
  3. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 92. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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