Hebrew word · H1829
דִּמְנָה
dimnah
Dimnah
A place name found only here. It may be related to domen, 'dung' or 'manure' (compare Madmenah, Isaiah 10:31), but with so little evidence the meaning is uncertain.
Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
Dimnah = "dunghill"
a Levitical city in Zebulun
Also named: rim.mon (רִמּוֹן, רִמּוֹנוֹ "Rimmon" H7417H)
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
From the study of Joshua 21:35
- Range of meaning
A place name found only here. It may be related to domen, 'dung' or 'manure' (compare Madmenah, Isaiah 10:31), but with so little evidence the meaning is uncertain.
- Against the English
All the main English versions keep 'Dimnah' as it stands in the Hebrew. Some study notes mention Rimmon.
- Used elsewhere in the period
The parallel list in 1 Chronicles 6:77 has Rimmono and Tabor for Merari's share from Zebulun. Joshua 19:13 lists Rimmon (often read 'Rimmon, turning toward Neah') among Zebulun's towns. That town is usually placed at Rummaneh, northeast of Nazareth.
Where it appears
Joshua · 1
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Joshua 21:35 דִּמְנָה֙ Dimnah
Dimnah, and Nahalal—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
Here: A town in Zebulun, named only here. Most likely it is the town called Rimmon(ah) elsewhere, and the spelling 'Dimnah' comes from a copyist misreading one look-alike letter.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.