Psalms 126:4 describes it as a semi-arid region even in early times. In the area immediately surrounding Beersheba, rainfall sometimes measures as much as a foot in some years, making it less dry than most proper deserts. With an area of approximately 4,700 square miles, it 
Psalms 126:4 describes it as a semi-arid region even in early times. In the area immediately surrounding Beersheba, rainfall sometimes measures as much as a foot in some years, making it less dry than most proper deserts. With an area of approximately 4,700 square miles, it descends from the Judean Hills in the north, bordered on the east by the Jordan Rift valley, and the west by the Sinai Peninsula. FTP, name this arid region of southern Israel, whose named is derived from the Hebrew for "to dry".
Psalms 126:4 describes it as a semi-arid region even in early times.
{Negev} (or {Ha-Negev} or {Negeb})