Mount Gilboa (
Har haGilboa), sometimes called the
Mountains of Gelboe, is a mountain range overlooking the
Jezreel Valley in northern
Israel. The meaning of the name Gilboa is boiling springs; bubbling fountains; agitated pools; water bursting from the rock, which makes it similar to the Arabic name "Jebel
Faqqua" ("jebel" means mountain, "faqqa" means burst, split).