E'tham. (bounded by the sea). One of the early resting-places of the Israelites, when they quitted Egypt; described as "in the edge of the wilderness." Exodus 13:20; Numbers 33:6-7. Etham may be placed where the cultivable land ceases, near the Seba Biar or Seven Wells, about three miles from the western side of the ancient head of the gulf.
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