Maaleh-acrabbim: ascent of the scorpions; i.e., "scorpion-hill", a pass on the south-eastern border of Israel (Num. 34:4; Josh. 15:3). It is identified with the pass of Sufah, entering Israel from the great Wady el-Fikreh, south of the Dead Sea. (See AKRABBIM T0000163.)