מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים Maaleh-accrabim
Every verse in which this name stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
A place in the Desert. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 34:4 and last at Judges 1:36.
וְנָסַב לָכֶם הַגְּבוּל מִנֶּגֶב לְמַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים וְעָבַר צִנָה והיה תּֽוֹצְאֹתָיו מִנֶּגֶב לְקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ וְיָצָא חֲצַר־אַדָּר וְעָבַר עַצְמֹֽנָה
and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;
וְיָצָא אֶל־מִנֶּגֶב לְמַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים וְעָבַר צִנָה וְעָלָה מִנֶּגֶב לְקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ וְעָבַר חֶצְרוֹן וְעָלָה אַדָּרָה וְנָסַב הַקַּרְקָֽעָה
And it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka.
וּגְבוּל הָאֱמֹרִי מִֽמַּעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים מֵהַסֶּלַע וָמָֽעְלָה
And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.
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What is the gematria of Maaleh-accrabim?
Maaleh-accrabim — עקרבים in Hebrew — has a gematria of 422 in the standard method.
How many times is Maaleh-accrabim named in the Tanakh?
3 times, first at Numbers 34:4.
A spelling is not a name. The written word עקרבים stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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