סַנְסַנָּה H5578
Sansannah—town in southern Judah, possibly meaning 'palm branch'
Sansannah was a town in the southern territory allotted to Judah during the conquest. It appears to be identical with Hazar-susah mentioned in Joshua 19:5 and Hazar-susim in 1 Chronicles 4:31, showing typical place-name variation. The location was near Gaza, though precise identification remains uncertain. Proposals have placed it at various sites northeast of Gaza, but archaeological confirmation is lacking. The name may relate to palm branches or horse-related terminology.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Settlement in southern Judah's tribal allotment (Josh 15:31), probably identical to Hazar-susah and Hazar-susim in parallel lists. Location near Gaza but specific site uncertain. The Septuagint variants reflect typical Greek attempts at rendering Semitic place names. Spanish 'Sansaná' maintains standard transliteration patterns for Hebrew toponyms. 1×
AR["وَ-سَنْسَنّةُ"]·ben["এবং-সন্সন্না"]·DE["und-Sansannah"]·EN["and-Sansannah"]·FR["et-Sansannah"]·heb["ו-סנסנה"]·HI["और-सन्सन्ना"]·ID["dan-Sansana"]·IT["e-Sansannah"]·jav["lan-Sansana"]·KO["그리고-산산나"]·PT["e-Sansannah"]·RU["и-Сансанна"]·ES["y-Sansaná"]·SW["na-Sansana"]·TR["ve-Sansanna"]·urd["اور-سنسنہ"]
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
סַנְסַנָּה n.pr.loc. in S. Judah;—Jos 15:31, 𝔊 Σεθεννακ, A Σανσαννα, 𝔊L Σεενακ; prob. = חֲצַר סוּסָה 19:5, חֲצַר־סוּסִים 1 Ch 4:31; conj. on loc. (near Gaza), v. in Diad loc. BuhlGeogr. 163 and reff. (Simsum, NE. of Gaza, cp. by J. Schwarz Das heilig. Land (1852), 72 van d. VeldeMem, 346, is too far north).