Source:Potter:A New Candidate in Arabia for the "Valley of Lemuel":JBMS 8:1

Wadi Tayyib al-Ism as a viable candidate for the "Valley of Lemuel"

Wadi Tayyib al-Ism as a viable candidate for the "Valley of Lemuel"

The grandeur of the valley is difficult to describe in words or even portray in photographs. It is a narrow gorge cut through a massive granite mountain. It consists of three sections: the upper valley (or the Waters of Moses), the canyon of granite, and the lower canyon. The upper valley constitutes an oasis that lies at the south end of a twelve-mile long wadi—known locally as Wadi Tayyib al-Ism— that leads down from the north (see map). The upper valley sits like a pleasant jewel, spread out over approximately one square mile with several hundred palm trees and 12 wells that local residents call the Waters of Moses.