transcription, транскрипция: [ geographical name ]
or Khir·bet Qum·ran kir-ˈbat-küm-ˈrän
locality West Bank on Wadi Qumran near NW shore of Dead Sea; site of an Essene community ( about 100 B.C.-A.D. 68) near a series of caves in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found