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line is designed to avoid the Nahal Sorek route and shorten the line, the older railway along Nahal Sorek has been refurbished and remains in use. It connects the country's two largest cities and its main international airport, running in a westerly-easterly direction between
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came to meet her for the first time. It was also the place she enticed him to tell her the secret of his strength, and where he was eventually captured by the
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391:Forested mountains above Nahal Sorek
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240:Land property along the river
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574:Protecting The Environment
83:'Brook of Sorek';
1364:31.7559028°N 35.0501639°E
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756:Nature reserves of Israel
115:. It is mentioned in the
221:And Samson went to Gaza
617:Oded Lowenheim (2014).
35:is entering Nahal Sorek
25:Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
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717:The Times of Israel
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1259:Timna Valley
1148:Neot Kedumim
1133:Bitan Aharon
1110:Tel Shikmona
1100:Mount Carmel
1006:Nahal Dishon
1001:Nahal Betzet
930:Mount Gilboa
892:Nahal Hermon
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849:Nahal Yehiam
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313:Beit Shemesh
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129:Tribe of Dan
119:16:4 of the
113:Judean Hills
104:
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33:Nahal Refaim
1367: /
1234:Coral Beach
1208:Mevo Ashdod
1163:Tel Yitzhak
1153:Nahal Poleg
1090:Ein Nymphit
1035:Mount Meron
1025:Hurshat Tal
1020:Hula Valley
968:Mount Arbel
940:Nahal Tavor
935:Mount Tabor
920:Gilboa Iris
910:Alonei Abba
839:Nahal Gamal
797:Nahal Sorek
654:Judges 16:1
339:, from the
280:Middle East
213:lived, and
125:Philistines
89:وادي الصرار
66:Naḥal Sorek
56: [
53:Mount Eitan
51:and beside
1382:Categories
1229:Nahal Abuv
1213:Yam Shikma
1040:Pa'ar Cave
1010:Ein Avazim
996:Nahal Ayun
991:Nahal Amud
844:Nahal Kziv
698:2010-09-27
561:References
317:Tal Shahar
133:Israelites
1336:West Bank
1222:Beersheba
1128:Bnei Zion
1050:Tel Anafa
1016:Ein Te'oh
915:Balfouria
782:Ein Hemed
348:Nes Harim
276:Jerusalem
234:Judges 16
159:Etymology
94:romanized
1239:Ein Gedi
1186:Ashkelon
1077:Ein Afek
1013:Ein Elah
955:Kinneret
787:HaMasrek
530:See also
505:Road 386
297:Tel Aviv
232:—
188:metaphor
127:and the
103:), also
74:נחל שורק
49:Road 386
29:Road 386
1317:Wadi Og
1138:Hadasim
1055:Tel Dan
963:Ein Nun
945:Shimron
902:Jezreel
772:Adullam
366:Gallery
321:Yesodot
211:Delilah
165:Midrash
145:Qalunya
111:in the
96::
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1273:Eshkol
882:Hermon
658:16:4–5
636:24 May
627:
602:24 May
548:Timnah
499:Sorek
345:moshav
337:dunams
282:, the
215:Samson
195:grapes
137:Arabic
85:Arabic
70:Hebrew
43:Sorek
1095:Gador
983:Safed
872:Gamla
864:Golan
792:Lifta
692:(PDF)
685:(PDF)
554:Zorah
309:Ramla
272:Jaffa
252:Artuf
199:wines
173:sorek
153:Rubin
149:Motza
147:near
121:Bible
105:Soreq
60:]
1334:and
1168:Udim
826:Acre
638:2018
625:ISBN
604:2018
319:and
274:and
197:and
79:lit.
305:Lod
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