And it went out to the south side to Ma'aleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
And it went out (i:e., from the Salt Sea) to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim - cliff of scorpions, which form an irregular curve, sweeping across the Ghor, and extending obliquely from northwest to southeast (Robinson, 'Biblical Researches,' 2:, p. 501).
And passed along [ `aabar (H5674 ), over] to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along [ wª`aabar (H5674 ), and went over] to Hezron, and went up to Adar (or Hazar-addar, Numbers 34:4; now 'Ain el-Kudeirat or Adeirat).
And fetched a compass, х naacab (H5437), turned about] to Karkaa-called by the modern Arabs Ka'a el-Baruk, plain of the pools ('Lands of the Bible,' 1:, pp. 270-277): 'a broad level plain, or rather an extensive basin; because it is slightly depressed with the sands torn up in some places to the depth of six or seven feet by the torrents.' The Karka'a was probably the Coracea of Ptolemy.