H5761 H5761
Avvim (place and people name); coastal people and a Benjamite city
This name appears in two distinct contexts. Deuteronomy 2:23 describes the Avvim as a people living in villages near Gaza, destroyed by the Caphtorim (Philistines) who displaced them—a note on pre-Israelite population changes. Joshua 18:23 lists Avvim as a city in Benjamin's tribal allotment, possibly the same ethnic group settled as a town or a different location with similar name. The dual usage (ethnic and geographic) reflects the fluidity of ancient Near Eastern peoples and places.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A name with both ethnic and geographic reference: (1) a people group near the Mediterranean coast displaced by Philistines (Deuteronomy 2:23), and (2) a Benjamite city (Joshua 18:23). Both occurrences use the definite article ('the Avvim'). The relationship between the coastal people and the Benjamite town is uncertain. 2×
AR["وَ-العَوّيمُ", "وَالْعَوِّيُّونَ"]·ben["এবং-অব্বীম", "এবং-আব্বীয়রা"]·DE["und-der-Avvim", "und-ha-Avvim"]·EN["and-ha-Avvim", "and-the-Avvim"]·FR["et-ha-Avvim", "et-le-Avvim"]·heb["ו-ה-עוים"]·HI["और-अव्वी", "और-आव्वीम"]·ID["Dan-orang-Awi", "dan-Awim"]·IT["e-ha-Avvim", "e-il-Avvim"]·jav["lan-Awim", "lan-tiyang-Awi"]·KO["그리고-그-아위인들이", "그리고-아윔"]·PT["e-HaAvvim", "¶ E-os-aveus"]·RU["И-Аввим", "и-Аввим"]·ES["y-Avim", "y-los-aveos"]·SW["Na-Waavi", "na-Avimu"]·TR["ve-Avvim", "ve-Avvlılar"]·urd["اور-عویم"]
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
† עַוִּים n.pr. 1. gent. הָע׳ people on SW. coast of Mediterr. before the כַּפְתֹּרִים (q.v.) came Dt 2:23, and remaining thereafter Jos 13:3 (D2), 𝔊 Ευαιοι. 2. loc. הָע׳ city in Benj. Jos 18:23 (= הָעַי?) 𝔊 Αιειν, Αυειμ.—Vid. also [עַוִּי" dir="rtl" >עַוִּי] supr.