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or, rather, KAR'KA (Hebrew Karka', ÷ִøְ÷ִò , afloor, as in Num_5:17, etc.; with art. and ä directive in pause, äִ÷ִּøְ÷ òָä , hak-Karka'd; Sept. Á᾿êêáñêÜ v. r. ôὴí êáôὰ äõóìὰò ÊÜäçò ; Vulg. Carcaa y, r. Cariatha), a place situated at a bend in the southern boundary of Judah (i.e. Simeon or Palestine), between Adar and Azmon (Jos_15:3); probably about midway between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean, perhaps near the well marked as Bir Abu-Atreibd on Zimmermann's map. SEE TRIBE.