H3726 H3726
village of the Ammonite(s), a Benjamite town
This town name appears in Benjamin's tribal allotment (Joshua 18:24) with textual variants in Ketiv/Qere readings: 'village of the Ammonite' versus 'village of the Ammonitess.' The variants may represent different traditions about the town's name or origin. Some identify it tentatively with Kefr 'Ana, about three miles north of Bethel. The name suggests either a settlement associated with Ammonite inhabitants or named after an Ammonite woman, reflecting the complex ethnic and settlement history of the region.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A Benjamite town whose name references Ammonite connections. Both occurrences in Joshua 18:24 represent textual variants (Ketiv/Qere) for the same location, differing in gender (masculine versus feminine). This variation may reflect uncertainty about whether the name referred to a male or female Ammonite associated with the settlement's founding or character, or simply variant naming traditions. 2×
AR["(الأمّونِيَّةُ)", "وَ-كَفَرُ"]·ben["এবং-কফর-আম্মোনী", "ভুল"]·DE["und-Kephar-[ha-Ammoni]", "und-Kephar-ha-Ammonah"]·EN["and-Kephar-[ha-Ammoni]", "and-Kephar-ha-Ammonah"]·FR["et-Kephar-[ha-Ammoni]", "et-Kephar-ha-Ammonah"]·heb["[ו-כפר העמוני]", "ו-כפר ה-עמונה"]·HI["और-कपर", "और-कपर-अम्मोना"]·ID["dan-Kefar-Amona", "dan-Kefar[ketib]"]·IT["e-Kephar-[ha-Ammoni]", "e-Kephar-ha-Ammonah"]·jav["lan-Kèfar", "lan-Kèfar-Amona"]·KO["그리고-게발-", "그리고-게발-암모나"]·PT["e-Kefar-(HaAmmonah)", "e-Kefar-[HaAmmoni]"]·RU["и-Кефар [кетив:ХаАммони]", "и-Кефар-ХаАммона"]·ES["y-Quefar-(Amona)", "y-Quefar-[Amoni]"]·SW["ha-Amona", "na-Kefari"]·TR["[k]", "ve-Kefar-Ammona"]·urd["اور-کفر", "عمونی"]
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
† [כָּפָר] n.m. village (√ dub.; NH כָּפָר; Aramaic כַּפְרָנָא; Syriac ܟܰܦܪܳܐ, ܟܰܦܪܽܘܢܳܐ; Assyrian kapru DlHWB 348);—sg. cstr. כְּפַר הָעַמּוֹנִי Jos 18:24 Kt village of the Ammonites, or כ׳ הָעַמּוֹנָה Qri, a village of Benjamin, possibly Kefr ’Ânaʾ, 3 miles N. of Bethel Surv ii.299; pl. כְּפָרִים Ct 7:12 1 Ch 27:25.