Joshua 15:49

49 Danah, Kiryat-Sanna (that is, D'vir),

Joshua 15:49 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:49

And Dannah
Dannah is not mentioned elsewhere,

and Kirjathsannah, which [is] Debir;
Kirjathsannah had three names, this and Debir, and Kirjathsepher; (See Gill on Joshua 15:15); all which are of much the same signification; for "Sanna" with the Arabs F6, and so with the Phoenicians, signifies law, doctrine, and manner of life; and with the Mahometans the secondary law to the Koran, and answers to the Jewish Misnah; and the Greek version interprets this name "the city of letters". Jerom F7 calls it Daenna, and seems to confound it with Dannah.


FOOTNOTES:

F6 <arabic> "mos vivendi, lex", Golius, col. 1221. Castell. col. 2567. Vid. Bochart. Canaan, 50:2. c. 17. col. 771.
F7 De loc. Heb. fol. 90. I.

Joshua 15:49 In-Context

47 Ashdod, with its towns and villages; 'Azah, with its towns and villages, to the Vadi of Egypt, with the Great Sea as its border.
48 In the hills: Shamir, Yatir, Sokhoh,
49 Danah, Kiryat-Sanna (that is, D'vir),
50 'Anav, Esht'moh, 'Anim,
51 Goshen, Holon and Giloh - eleven cities, together with their villages.
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