H1043 H1043
Beth-anath, a town in Naphtali meaning 'house of Anath' (Canaanite goddess); unconquered Canaanite enclave
A town in Naphtali's territory whose name means 'house/temple of Anath,' a Canaanite goddess. The site appears in Joshua's allotment to Naphtali (Joshua 19:38) and in Judges' list of unconquered Canaanite towns where inhabitants became forced laborers instead of being driven out (Judges 1:33, twice). The name's theophoric element (Anath) suggests it was originally a Canaanite cult site. Israel's failure to fully dispossess Beth-anath reflects the incomplete conquest theme in Judges. Possible identification: modern Ain-Atha or Ainítha.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A fortified Canaanite town in Naphtali that Israel failed to fully conquer. Listed in Naphtali's inheritance (Joshua 19:38), but Judges records that 'Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-anath,' who instead became forced labor (Judges 1:33, twice). The name 'temple of Anath' indicates a Canaanite religious center, and its persistence illustrates incomplete Israelite control in the north. 3×
AR["بَيْتِ-عَناةَ", "وَ-بَيْتُ-عَنَاةَ", "وَ-بَيْتِ-عَناةَ"]·ben["এবং-বৈৎ-অনাতের", "এবং-বৈৎ-অনাৎ", "বৈৎ-অনাতের-"]·DE["Beit-Anat", "und-Beit-Anat", "und-Beyth-Anath"]·EN["Beit-Anat", "and-Beit-Anat", "and-Beyth-Anath"]·FR["Beit-Anat", "et-Beit-Anat", "et-Beyth-Anath"]·heb["בית-ענת", "ו-בית-ענת"]·HI["और-बैत-अनात", "और-बैत-अनात-के", "बैत-अनात-के"]·ID["Bet-Anat", "dan-Bet-Anat"]·IT["Beit-Anat", "e-Beit-Anat", "e-Beyth-Anath"]·jav["Bèt-Anat", "lan-Bèt-Anat"]·KO["그리고-벧-아낫", "그리고-벧-아낫의", "벧-아낫의"]·PT["Beit-'Anat", "e-Beit-'Anat", "e-Bet-Anat"]·RU["Бейт-Аната", "и-Бейт-Анат", "и-Бейт-Аната"]·ES["Bet-Anat", "y-Bet-Anat", "y-Bet-anat"]·SW["Beth-Anathi", "na-Beth-Anathi", "na-Bethi-Anathi"]·TR["Beyt-Anat", "ve-Beyt-Anat"]·urd["اور-بیت-عنات", "اور-بیت-عنت", "بیت-عنات"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בֵּית־עֲנָת n.pr.loc. in Naphtali (temple of ʿAnât NesEg 114 BaeRel 53 MeyZMG 1877, 718) Jos 19:38; Ju 1:33; בֵּית ע׳ v 33;—perhaps mod. Ain-Ata vdVeldeNarr. i. 170, 6 m. W. of Kedesh (name ʿAnata GuérinGal ii. 374; ʿAinîtha;, Survey i. 200).