Ahi'ezer

Ahi'ezer
Ahi'ezer
Coordinates: 31°58′48″N 34°52′19.91″E / 31.98000°N 34.8721972°ECoordinates: 31°58′48″N 34°52′19.91″E / 31.98000°N 34.8721972°E
Council	Lod Valley
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	27 June 1950
Founded by	Yemenite immigrants
Population (2014)[1]	1,760

Ahi'ezer (Hebrew: אֲחִיעֶזֶר, Arabic: أحيعيزر‎) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lod Valley Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 1,760.

History

The village was founded on 27 June 1950 by immigrants from Al Bayda' in Yemen. It was named for the biblical figure of Ahiezer,^[2] who was the chief of the tribe of Dan which previously lived in the area (Numbers 1:12; 10:25).

The moshav was established on the agricultural lands of the Arab village of Al-Safiriyya.^[3]

References

1. 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
2. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.72, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English),
   Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.11 (Location of the book: Ben Zvi Institute Library, 12 Abarbanel St., Jerusalem; in the online-catalogue: )
   Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.4, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 253. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.