Hebrew word · H3497

יִתְנָ֑ן

veyitnan

Ithnan

A place name found only here. Some connect it with the root behind 'etan', 'perennial, enduring', perhaps pointing to a lasting water source, but this is guesswork. The site is unidentified.

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Ithnan = "hire"

one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah

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 15:23

Range of meaning

A place name found only here. Some connect it with the root behind 'etan', 'perennial, enduring', perhaps pointing to a lasting water source, but this is guesswork. The site is unidentified.

Against the English

Rendered 'Ithnan' in every major version.

Used elsewhere in the period

Found nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. The Septuagint appears to fuse it with Hazor.

Where it appears

Joshua · 1

  1. Joshua 15:23 וְיִתְנָֽן׃ and Ithnan

    Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,

    Here: A place known only from this verse. Where it was is unknown and what the name means is uncertain. It may be a separate town, or the second half of a compound name, 'Hazor-Ithnan'.

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