Larry, in English transliteration "friends" will be "havErim"... Havar
(notice the second A) is a type of stone that is typical for the area.
It is called "marlstone" in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marl.
Wadi (Arabic, Nahal in Hebrew) is a stream of water that dries out in
summer and may or may not flow in winter. Additionally, wadi means
"valley" in Arabic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi.
This time I have seen the actual mud and wet sand in the middle of Negev
desert. This was pretty amazing, though I don't hike, so I am probably
easily impressed.
Granted, even Israelis often confuse the name of the wadi and call it
Wadi Haverim, which is inaccurate.
But, beside the linguistics - this is relatively easy hike and if you
look it up in Google you will find that this is outstanding photographic
location. If you come, be sure to bring your GPS unit and some
interesting night sky photography can be done there...
Boris
On 2/10/2013 3:21 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Bob W wrote:
It's an Arabic word which passed into Spanish via Andalucia as Guad- in
place names like Guadalajara, Guadalquivir and, presumably, Guadalcanal;
that is, Wadi al whatever.
Aha! The place of friends,
Hence your comment about bringing PDMLers.
Very fun!
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