H0135 H0135
Addan — Babylonian location from which exiles returned without genealogical proof
Addan appears in Ezra 2:59 as a Babylonian place name, paired with Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, and Immer. Families from these locations returned to Judah but could not establish their Israelite lineage. The name's meaning remains unknown, and its precise location in Babylonia is uncertain. It serves primarily as a genealogical marker, highlighting the challenge of maintaining ethnic and religious identity during the seventy-year exile.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A place in Babylonia, home to Jewish exiles whose descendants lacked documentation proving their lineage when returning to Jerusalem. Translations uniformly transliterate the name (English 'Addan,' Spanish 'Adán'), treating it as an uninterpreted foreign toponym. Ezra 2:59 groups it with other exile settlements whose returnees faced questions about their legitimate tribal or priestly status. 1×
AR["أَدَّانَ"]·ben["আদ্দন"]·DE["[אדן]"]·EN["Addan"]·FR["[אדן]"]·heb["אדן"]·HI["अद्दान"]·ID["Adan"]·IT["[אדן]"]·jav["Adan"]·KO["앗단"]·PT["Addan"]·RU["Аддана"]·ES["Adán"]·SW["Adani"]·TR["Addan"]·urd["ادان"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַדָּן n.pr.loc. in Babylonia Ezr 2:59 (v. כְּרוּב n.pr.)