Yarmuk

[ yahr-mook ]

noun
  1. a river in NW Jordan, flowing W into the Jordan River. 50 miles (80 km) long.

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How to use Yarmuk in a sentence

  • The heart of the east-Jordan land is the wide, level plain watered by the tributaries of the Yarmuk River.

    Biblical Geography and History | Charles Foster Kent
  • South of the Yarmuk the black basalt of the Jaulan yields to the light limestone of the west-Jordan.

    Biblical Geography and History | Charles Foster Kent
  • In their upper courses they flow on the surface of the ground, but soon sink into deep gorges which lead to the Yarmuk.

    Biblical Geography and History | Charles Foster Kent
  • The latter region probably lay to the north and east of the upper waters of the Yarmuk.

    Biblical Geography and History | Charles Foster Kent
  • From here Judas evidently marched northward across the Yarmuk to the town of Casphor.

    Biblical Geography and History | Charles Foster Kent