Salbit
Sign in to saveSalbit (, also spelled Selbît) was a Palestinian Arab village located southeast of al-Ramla. Salbit was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War after a military assault by Israeli forces. The Israeli locality of Shaalvim was established on the former village's lands in 1951.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Salbit
- Settlement.native_name
- سلبيت
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- Selebi, Shaalvim, Shaalbim, Shaalabbin
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.etymology
- from personal name
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.map_caption
- A series of historical maps of the area around Salbit (click the buttons)
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 148/141
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Ramle Subdistrict
- Image
- Salbit.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Hebrew Bible
- Roman and Byzantine periods
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate
- 1948 war and aftermath
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Salbit (, also spelled Selbît) was a Palestinian Arab village located southeast of al-Ramla. Salbit was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War after a military assault by Israeli forces. The Israeli locality of Shaalvim was established on the former village's lands in 1951.
==History== ===Hebrew Bible=== In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine identified Salbit with Shaalabbin (Biblical Hebrew: Šʽlbyn/*Šʽlbyt), which was located northwest of biblical Aijalon (modern day Yalo).