Hebrew word · H5853
עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר
atrot
Ataroth-addar
A place-name. ʿAṭarot is commonly linked to 'crown(s)' or 'enclosure(s)'. Addar may come from a root meaning 'glorious, mighty'. Both meanings are possible but not certain.
Appears 4 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
§ Ataroth-adar or Ataroth-addar = "crowns of glory"
a Gadite town on the west border of Benjamin
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 18:13
- Range of meaning
A place-name. ʿAṭarot is commonly linked to 'crown(s)' or 'enclosure(s)'. Addar may come from a root meaning 'glorious, mighty'. Both meanings are possible but not certain.
- Against the English
Spelled 'Ataroth-addar' (BSB), 'Ataroth-adar' (KJV), 'Atroth-Addar' (YLT). Only the spelling differs.
- Used elsewhere in the period
Also in Joshua 16:5, on Ephraim's southern border. Proposed sites include Khirbet ed-Dâriyeh near Lower Beth-horon and other ʿAtara sites. Tell en-Naṣbeh has sometimes been suggested, but it is more often taken as Mizpah. No identification is secure.
Where it appears
Joshua · 4
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Joshua 16:5 עַטְר֣וֹת אַדָּ֔ר Ataroth, Addar
This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
Here: A place name meaning 'crowns' or perhaps 'enclosures' (the root means 'to surround'). Several places in this region were called Ataroth (see 16:2, 16:7), so 'Addar' is added to tell this one apart.
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Joshua 18:13 עַטְר֣וֹת אַדָּ֔ר Ataroth, Addar
From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
Here: First part of the place-name. ʿAṭarot is usually linked to ʿaṭarah, 'crown' or 'enclosure'. Several towns had this name, so a second element was added to tell this one apart.
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