Hebrew word · H4511

מִנִּית

minit

Minnith

A place name. Judges 11:33 says Jephthah struck the Ammonites 'from Aroer to the approach of Minnith, twenty cities'.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Minnith = "distribution"

a place east of the Jordan in Ammonite territory

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 Ezekiel 27:17

Range of meaning

A place name. Judges 11:33 says Jephthah struck the Ammonites 'from Aroer to the approach of Minnith, twenty cities'. Eusebius (Onomasticon, 4th century AD) locates a village called Maanith about four Roman miles from Heshbon on the road to Philadelphia (modern Amman), on the fertile plateau east of the Jordan.

Against the English

BSB, ESV, NASB and KJV treat it as a place ('wheat of/from Minnith'). The ancient Greek and Latin versions did not, which shows the name was already obscure in antiquity.

Used elsewhere in the period

Judges 11:33. Eusebius, Onomasticon. The Septuagint and Vulgate apparently did not recognize it as a name (see textual notes).

Where it appears

Judges · 1

  1. Judges 11:33 מִנִּ֜ית Minnith

    With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.

Ezekiel · 1

  1. Ezekiel 27:17 מִ֠נִּית Minnith

    Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.

    Here: Most likely Minnith, a town in Ammonite territory east of the Jordan (Judges 11:33). 'Wheat of Minnith' would then be a known source or grade of wheat, much as a modern buyer names a wine region. The reading is debated.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.