ma.a.leh aq.rab.bim is a proper place name marking an ascent used in boundary descriptions.

The attested proper-noun use identifies an ascent named within territorial boundary routes, appearing as a point from or toward which a border proceeds.

1. Named ascent in boundary routes · dominant

   In Joshua 15:3, Numbers 34:4, and Judges 1:36, the form is tagged Noun · Proper and occurs in clauses tracing a border. In Joshua 15:3 the APB renders the route as extending to “the ascent of Akrabbim,” while Numbers 34:4 and Judges 1:36 likewise place it along a turning or starting point of a border.

   Joshua 15:3Judges 1:36Numbers 34:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the name in the phrase “the ascent of Akrabbim” within border descriptions. The precise contribution of the Hebrew form within that phrase cannot be isolated further.