H3362 H3362
Yokneam/Jokneam, Canaanite city in Zebulun, later a Levitical city
A Canaanite city name appearing in Joshua's conquest and settlement accounts. First mentioned in the list of defeated kings (Joshua 12:22), where it's defined by the phrase 'of Carmel'—likely meaning near Mount Carmel rather than the city Carmel. It's assigned to Zebulun's territory in Joshua 19:11 and designated as a Levitical city in 21:34, showing its progression from Canaanite stronghold to Israelite possession to priestly inheritance. The site is usually identified with Tell Qeimun, a strategic tell in the Jezreel Valley controlling routes between the coastal plain and the valley.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A fortified city in the Carmel region that passed from Canaanite control to become part of Zebulun's allotment and eventually a Levitical city. Its strategic location near Carmel and in the Jezreel corridor made it significant for controlling regional trade and military movements. The consistent rendering across languages (Jokneam/Jocneam/Yokneam) shows this was a well-established place name in the biblical geographical tradition, even if modern identification remains tentative. 3×
AR["يَقْنَعامَ", "يَقْنَعَامَ"]·ben["যক্নিয়াম", "যক্নিয়ামের", "যক্নিয়মের"]·DE["Jokneam", "Yokneam", "Yoqneam"]·EN["Jokneam", "Yokneam", "Yoqneam"]·FR["Jokneam", "Yokneam", "Yoqneam"]·heb["יקנעם"]·HI["याकनेआम", "योक्नअाम"]·ID["Yokneam"]·IT["Jokneam", "Yokneam", "Yoqneam"]·jav["Yokneam", "Yoknèʻam", "Yoknéam"]·KO["욕네암", "욕네암을", "욕느암"]·PT["Yoqne'am", "Yoqneam"]·RU["Йокнеам", "Йокнеама"]·ES["Jocneam"]·SW["Yokneamu"]·TR["Yokneam", "Yokneam'ın"]·urd["یقنعام", "یقنعام-کا", "یقنعام-کے"]
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
† יָקְנְעָם n.pr.loc. Canaanitish city, with a king, defined by לַכַּרְמֶל Jos 12:22; in Zebulun 19:11; Levitical city 21:34.