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rissah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

heap of ruins; dew, a station of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:21, 22).

rissah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary

RIS'SAH (a ruin, a worm), a station of Israel. Num 33:21-22. It has been identified with the Roman Rasa, 30 miles from Elath, near the hill now named Ras el-Kaa, or "head of the plain," north-west of Ezion-geber. Wilton would place it at 'Ain el-Jughamileh, 125 miles south-south-west of Beersheba; Reland locates it at el-Kusaby, 55 miles south-west of Beer-sheba.

rissah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("a worm".) A station in Israel's march (Numbers 33:21-22). Roman Rasa, 30 miles from Elath, on the road to Jerusalem, on the plateau of the wilderness near the hill now named Ras-el-Kaa, i.e. "head of the plain," N.W. of Ezion Geber, and W. of El Beyaneh.