H3241 H3241
Janum (proper name: town in Judah's hill country, with Ketiv/Qere textual variants)
This place name appears in Joshua's list of towns in Judah's hill country, but the text itself is uncertain. The Ketiv (written text) and Qere (reading tradition) preserve different forms, suggesting ancient uncertainty about the name's spelling or pronunciation. The town's location is unknown, and it appears only in this one list. The textual variants have left translators uncertain whether to read 'Janum' or 'Janim,' with modern translations acknowledging both possibilities.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper place name in Judah's hill country (Josh 15:53, appearing twice for Ketiv and Qere variants). The written text (Ketiv) has one form while the reading tradition (Qere) suggests another, creating uncertainty about the town's name. Most likely 'Janum' though 'Janim' is also possible. Transliterations acknowledge the variants: English notes '[ketiv]' and 'Janum,' Spanish gives both in parentheses and brackets, with French and German similarly preserving both forms, reflecting ancient uncertainty about this otherwise unknown Judean town. 2×
AR["[كتابة]", "وَ-يانومُ"]·ben["এবং-যানূম", "ভুল"]·DE["[ketiv]", "und-Yanum"]·EN["[ketiv]", "and-Yanum"]·FR["[cétiv]", "et-Yanum"]·heb["(ו-ינום)", "[ו-ינים]"]·HI["और-यानूम"]·ID["[ketib]", "dan-Yanum"]·IT["[ketiv]", "e-Yanum"]·jav["lan-Yanum"]·KO["그리고-야눔"]·PT["(e-Yanum)", "[e-Yanim]"]·RU["[кетив]", "И-Йанум"]·ES["(y-Janum)", "[y-Janim]"]·SW["(na-Yanumu)", "[na-Yanimu]"]·TR["[k]", "ve-Yanum"]·urd["اور-یانوم"]
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
† יָנוּם n.pr.loc. city in Judah, Jos 15:53 Qr; Kt ינים (so Van d. H. Ginsb; Baer only יָנוּם); 𝔊 Ιεμαειν, A 𝔊L Ιανουμ.