H4511 H4511
a town in Ammonite territory, mentioned in connection with Jephthah's campaign and the wheat trade with Tyre
Minnith appears twice in Scripture, first as a geographical marker for Jephthah's conquest of the Ammonites (Judges 11:33), and second in Ezekiel's oracle against Tyre, where the 'wheat of Minnith' is cited as a trade commodity (Ezekiel 27:17). The location was evidently known for grain production. According to Eusebius, it lay four Roman miles from Heshbon, though the exact site remains unknown. The dual attestation—military boundary and agricultural export—suggests Minnith was a notable settlement in the fertile Transjordanian highlands.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper noun denoting a settlement in Ammonite territory east of the Jordan River. The Greek translations vary widely (Arnon, Semoeith, Semenaith), suggesting scribal uncertainty, but the Hebrew tradition is consistent. Ezekiel's mention of 'wheat of Minnith' alongside 'pannag' (a debated term) in the cargo list for Tyre confirms the region's agricultural reputation, echoed in the tribute of wheat from Ammon mentioned in 2 Chronicles 27:5. 2×
AR["مِنِّيتَ", "مِنّيتَ"]·ben["মিন্নীথের", "মিন্নীৎ"]·DE["Minnith", "[מנית]"]·EN["Minnith"]·FR["Minnith", "purification"]·heb["מינית", "מנית"]·HI["मिन्नीत", "मिन्नीत-के"]·ID["Minit", "Minit,"]·IT["Minnith", "[מנית]"]·jav["Minit"]·KO["민닛", "민닛의"]·PT["Minnit"]·RU["Миннифа", "в-Миннит"]·ES["Minit"]·SW["Minithi"]·TR["Minnit'in", "Minnit-e"]·urd["منیت", "مِنّیت"]
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
† מִנִּית n.pr.loc. in Ammonite territory, site unknown (4 Rom. m. from Heshbon Euseb.Onom. 253, 33; cf. BuhlGeogr. 266);—Ju 11:33 (𝔊 ἄχρις Ἀρνών, A εἰς Σεμωειθ, 𝔊L Σεμενειθ); חִטֵּי מ׳ Ez 27:17 wheat of Minnîth (cf. wheat from Ammon 2 Ch 27:5) so Berthol, but dub.; Co conj. הִטִּים וּנְכֹאת wheat and storax.