Rabud
| Rabud | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | ﺩﺍﺒﺭ |
| • Also spelled | Khirbet Rabud (official) |
  Rabud Location of Rabud within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 31°26′0″N 35°1′0″E / 31.43333°N 35.01667°ECoordinates: 31°26′0″N 35°1′0″E / 31.43333°N 35.01667°E | |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council (from 1993) |
| • Head of Municipality | Muhammad Huraibat[1] |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,200 dunams (2.2 km2 or 0.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,262 |
Rabud (Arabic: ﺩﺍﺒﺭ, also spelled Khirbet Rabud) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate, located 13 kilometers southwest of Hebron and about 5 km northwest of as-Samu. Rabud had a population of 2,262 in the 2007 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).[2] The principal families are the Huraibat, Quteinah, al-Uqela and Shanan.[3]
According to research by the Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem, Rabud's history dates back to the Canaanite period in Palestine, but that the modern inhabitants of the village migrated from the Arabian Peninsula. A village council was established by the Palestinian National Authority in 1993 to administer Rabud's civil affairs and provide limited municipal services.[3] There is currently one mosque, Salah ad-Din Mosque, which serves the village.
Etymology
The meaning of the name Rabud is unclear, yet some historians note the text reverse of the Semitic spelling for Rabud (R-B-D) spells Debir - an association to indicate the area as biblical Debir.
Identification with Biblical Debir
In 1968, archaeologist Moshe Kochavi identified the area as the biblical city of Debir, an association favored by modern historians as opposed to that of Claude Reignier Conder who identified biblical Debir as ad-Dhahiriya.
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