Taybeh

Taybeh (Arabic: طيّبة Ṭayyibaḧ, Hebrew: טייבה)[a] is an Arabic word meaning 'the Good' and can refer to the following places in the Middle East:

Israel

Jordan

  • Taybeh, Petra, a village in the protected region of Petra, south of Wadi Musa on the road to Aqaba
  • At-Taibah District, Irbid, district of the Irbid Governorate in northern Jordan
    • Taibah, Irbid, a town located in the above district, sharing its name with the district itself

Lebanon

  • Taybeh, Marjayoun, a village in southern Lebanon
  • Taybeh, Baalbek, a village in northeastern Lebanon

Palestine

  • Al-Tayba, Jenin, a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank
  • Taybeh, Ramallah, a mainly Christian Palestinian town situated in the Ramallah area, central West Bank

Syria

  • Al-Taybah, Daraa Governorate, a village in southwestern Syria, possibly biblical Tob
  • Al-Taybah, Homs Governorate, a village in the Syrian Desert
  • Al-Taybah, Rif Dimashq Governorate, a village near Damascus, southern Syria
  • Al-Taybah, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, a village in Mayadin District, eastern Syria
  • Al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah, a village near Homs, central Syria
  • Taybat al-Imam, a town north of Hama, central Syria
  • Taybat al-Ism, a village northeast of Hama, central Syria.
  • Taybah al-Turki, a village east of Hama, central Syria

United Arab Emirates

  • Tayyibah, United Arab Emirates, a village in the emirate of Fujairah

Notes

  1. ^ Also transliterated, with or without the definite article 'al-', 'at-', 'el-' or 'et-': 'Tayyibah', 'Tayyiba', 'Tayibah', 'Tayiba', 'Tayyibeh', 'Tayyibe', 'Tayibeh', 'Tayibe', 'Taybah', 'Tayba', 'Taybe', 'Taiybeh', 'Taibah', 'Taiba', 'Taibeh', 'Taibe', 'Tibah', 'Tiba', 'Tibeh' or 'Tibe'

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Taybeh
  • All pages with titles containing Taybah
  • Tayyip (disambiguation)
  • Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Islamist militant group in Kashmir