Lexical Summary Dan: "judge", a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their territory, also a place in Northern Israel Original Word: דָּןTransliteration: Dan Phonetic Spelling: (dawn) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "judge", a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their territory, also a place in Northern Israel Meaning: Dan -- "judge", a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel Strong's Concordance Dan From diyn; judge; Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them -- Dan. see HEBREW diyn Brown-Driver-Briggs H1835. Dan דָּן proper name, masculine (judge) — 1 son of Jacob and Bilhah Genesis 30:6; 35:25; Exodus 1:4; Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:29; 1 Chronicles 2:2. 2 the tribe of Dan, דָן מַטֵּה Exodus 31:6; 35:34; 38:23; Leviticus 24:11; Numbers 1:39; 13:12; Joshua 21:5, 23 (all P); דָן בְּנֵי Genesis 46:23; Numbers 1:38; 2:25; 7:66; 10:25; 26:42; 34:22; Joshua 19:40, 47 (twice in verse); 19:48 (all P) Judges 1:34; 18:2, 16, 22, 23, 25, 26, 30; דָן מַחֲנֵה Numbers 2:25, 31 (P) — on Judges 13:25; 18:12 see מַחֲנֶה; דָּן מִשְׁמְּחֹת Numbers 26:42 (P); דָּן alone in poetry Genesis 49:16-17, Deuteronomy 33:22 (twice in verse); Judges 5:17, elsewhere Numbers 1:12 (P) Deuteronomy 27:13; 1 Chronicles 27:22; 2 Chronicles 2:13; Ezekiel 48:1-2, 32. 3 a city on northern frontier of Israel at one of the sources of the Jordan, originally לַיִשׁ Judges 18:29 (compare 18:7); = לֶשֶׁם Joshua 19:47; captured by a colony of Danites; named Dan, and made a sacred place with rites of worship that lasted until the exile (Judges 18:30); = Tell el Kâdî, RobBR iii. 351, 358 BdPa1 265. This place is frequently referred to: Genesis 14:14; Deuteronomy 34:1; 1 Kings 12:29-30, 15:20; 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Chronicles 16:4; Jeremiah 4:15; 8:16; Amos 8:14; read also וּבְדָן for וְכֵן 2 Samuel 20:18 ᵐ5 Ew We compare Dr; and see the phrase שֶׁבַע וְעַדבְּֿאֵר מִדָּן Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 3:20; 2 Samuel 3:10; 17:11; 24:2, 15; 1 Kings 5:5; given by Chronicles וְעַדדָּֿן שֶׁבַע מִבְּאֵר 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Chronicles 30:5. (Ezekiel 27:19 see ודן.) Note. — יַעַן דָּ֫נָה 2 Samuel 24:6. As no such place is known, the text is usually regarded as corrupt, and, ᵐ5 being uncertain, is variously changed: (1) יַעַר דָּ֫נָה to Dan in the wood, Thes after ᵑ9 silvestria. (2) (וַיָּסֹבּוּ) וְעִיּוֺן דָּ֫נָה to Dan and Ijon Klo (compare 1 Kings 15:20). (3) (סָֽבֲבוּ) וּמִדָּן דָּן We Dr compare ᵐ5. |
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