H3877 H3877
Lotan -- a Horite clan chief, son of Seir and ancestor of Edomite clans
Lotan is the proper name of a Horite chieftain listed among the sons of Seir in the genealogies of Edom (Gen 36:20, 22, 29; 1 Chr 1:38-39). He is identified as the father of Hori and Hemam (or Homam in Chronicles), and he is called an alluf ('chief') of the Horites -- the pre-Edomite inhabitants of the hill country of Seir. His sister Timna became a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz and mother of Amalek (Gen 36:22, 12). The Septuagint renders the name as Lotan (Lambda-omega-tau-alpha-nu), and all target languages -- Spanish, French, German, English -- preserve the name unchanged, confirming its status as a straightforward proper noun with no translatable semantic content.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name of a Horite clan leader, firstborn among the sons of Seir, enumerated in the genealogy of Edom's pre-Israelite inhabitants (Gen 36:20, 22, 29; 1 Chr 1:38-39). Lotan's sons were Hori and Hemam, and his sister Timna became ancestress of the Amalekites through Eliphaz. The Septuagint renders the name consistently as Lotan, and every target language -- Spanish Lotan, French Lotan/Lothan, German Lotan -- preserves it without alteration, confirming a single proper-noun sense with no polysemy. 7×
AR["لوطان", "لُوطانَ", "لُوطانُ"]·ben["লোটন", "লোটনের"]·DE["Lotan", "Lotans", "[לוטן]"]·EN["Lotan"]·FR["Lotan", "Lothan"]·heb["לוטן"]·HI["लोतान", "लोतान-की", "लोतान-के"]·ID["Lotan"]·IT["Lotan"]·jav["Lotan"]·KO["로단", "로단과", "로단의"]·PT["Lotan"]·RU["Лотан", "Лотана"]·ES["Lotan"]·SW["Lotani"]·TR["Lotan", "Lotan'ın"]·urd["لوطان", "لوطان-کی", "لوطان-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
† לוֹטָן n.pr.m. 𝔊 Λωταν; a son of שֵׂעִיר Gn 36:20, 22 = 1 Ch 1:38, 39, and father of חֹרִי etc. Gn 36:22 = 1 Ch 1:39; called a chief (אַלּוּף) of הַחֹרִי Gn 36:29.