Hebrew word · H6069

עַנְּתֹתִי

ha'anetoti

Anathoth

A label of origin: 'Anathothite, man of Anathoth'. The town name ʿAnātôt is plural in form and is often linked to the Canaanite goddess Anat, which would make it an old pre-Israelite place name. That link is plausible but not certain.

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

Anethothite, of Anathoth "affliction"

a descendant or inhabitant of Anathoth

Another spelling of a.na.tot (עֲנָתוֹת "Anathoth" H6068)

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 1 Chronicles 11:28

Range of meaning

A label of origin: 'Anathothite, man of Anathoth'. The town name ʿAnātôt is plural in form and is often linked to the Canaanite goddess Anat, which would make it an old pre-Israelite place name. That link is plausible but not certain.

Against the English

KJV 'Antothite' and YLT 'Annethothite' are not translating differently. They are just reproducing the Masoretic spelling (the vowels and marks the medieval Hebrew scribes added) in different ways, including the doubled n that the Masoretes marked. BSB and WEB use the standard modern 'Anathothite'.

Used elsewhere in the period

Anathoth was a Levitical city of Benjamin (Josh 21:18; 1 Chr 6:60). Solomon exiled the priest Abiathar there (1 Kgs 2:26). It was Jeremiah's hometown (Jer 1:1; 32:7–9). Jehu the Anathothite is another of David's men (1 Chr 12:3). The site is usually placed at or near Ras el-Kharrubeh / ʿAnata, north-east of Jerusalem.

From the study of 1 Chronicles 27:12

Range of meaning

Gentilic (a word naming someone by their place of origin): "from Anathoth." Anathoth was a town in Benjamin, probably modern Ras el-Kharrubeh or a site near ʿAnata, about 5 km north-east of Jerusalem. The name is probably connected with the Canaanite goddess Anat.

Against the English

Spellings differ (Anathothite, Anetothite in the KJV, Antothite in the YLT), but the meaning is the same.

Used elsewhere in the period

It was a priestly town (Joshua 21:18; 1 Chronicles 6:60). Abiathar the priest was banished there (1 Kings 2:26). It was Jeremiah's home (Jeremiah 1:1; 32:7–9). Abiezer the Anathothite is listed among David's warriors (2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 11:28).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 23:27 הָֽעַנְּתֹתִ֔י the Anathothite

    Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:28 הָעֲנְּתוֹתִֽי׃ ס the Anathothite

    Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

    Here: 'The one from Anathoth': a town in Benjamin a few miles north-east of Jerusalem, set aside for priests (Josh 21:18). The verse-ending mark ס (setumah, a short paragraph break) follows, setting each pair of names apart the way the list is laid out.

  2. 1 Chronicles 12:3 הָעֲנְּתֹתִֽי׃ the Anathothite

    Ahiezer their chief and Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;

  3. 1 Chronicles 27:12 הָעַנְּתֹתִ֖י the Anathothite

    The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjamite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

    Here: "The man from Anathoth," a town a few kilometres north-east of Jerusalem in the territory of Benjamin. It was one of the towns given to the priests (Joshua 21:18), the place where Abiathar was later banished, and Jeremiah's home town.

Jeremiah · 1

  1. Jeremiah 29:27 הָֽעֲנְּתֹתִ֑י the Anathothite

    So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

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