Cherith

Cherith ( /ˈkɪərɪθ/; also Chorath /ˈkɔrɑːθ/ or /ˈxɔrɑːθ/; Hebrew: נחל כּרית‎ Naḥal Kerīth or נחל חרת Naḥal Ḥorath; Arabic: وادي يابس‎ Wādī al-Yābis; Greek: Χειμάῤῥους Cheimárrhous or Χοῤῥάθ Chorrháth) means a cutting, separation, gorge, torrent-bed, or winter-stream, is a valley ("wadi"; Arabic: وادي‎ wādī) or stream ("nahal"; Hebrew: נחל‎) in whose banks the prophet Elijah hid himself during the early part of the three years' drought which he announced to King Ahab. The name is also a Mizrahi Jewish surname, specifically among Jews of Yemenite extraction.