H5862 H5862
Etam; a place name: a cliff in Judah, a city near Bethlehem, and a clan or town in Simeon
Etam appears as a place name in three distinct contexts. First, it is the rocky cliff where Samson took refuge after striking the Philistines (Judg 15:8, 11). Second, it is a city fortified by Rehoboam between Bethlehem and Tekoa (2 Chr 11:6), associated with the clan listed in 1 Chronicles 4:3. Third, it may be a Simeonite settlement (1 Chr 4:32). The name possibly derives from a word for 'bird of prey,' though this is uncertain.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Etam as a geographic and clan name — referring to the cliff where Samson hid (Judg 15:8, 11), a fortified city near Bethlehem rebuilt by Rehoboam (2 Chr 11:6), a Judahite clan (1 Chr 4:3), and possibly a Simeonite town (1 Chr 4:32). Spanish and English uniformly transliterate 'Etam,' while French and German occasionally leave the Hebrew untranslated. The name may derive from ayit ('bird of prey'), though the connection is uncertain. 5×
AR["عيطام", "عيطامَ", "عَيْطَامَ"]·ben["ঈটাম", "এটম", "এটমের", "এটামের"]·DE["Etam", "[עיטם]"]·EN["Etam"]·FR["Etam", "[עיטם]"]·heb["עיטם"]·HI["एताम", "एताम-के", "एताम-को"]·ID["Etam"]·IT["Etam", "[עיטם]"]·jav["Étam"]·KO["에다", "에담", "에럈의"]·PT["'Eitam", "Etam"]·RU["Ейтам", "Эйтам", "Этам", "Этама"]·ES["Etam"]·SW["Etamu", "wa-Etamu"]·TR["Etam", "Etam'in", "Etam'ı", "Etam'ın"]·urd["عیطام", "عیطام-کا", "عیطام-کی"]
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
† עֵיטָם n.pr.loc. (perhaps animal-name, from עַיִט, cf. GrayProp. Names 93);— 1. Ηταμ, 𝔊L Ιταμ, a cliff, סְעִיף סֶלַע ע׳ Ju 15:8, 11 perhaps near town עֵיטָם, v. foll., but at ʿArāḳ Ismaʿīn near edge of Shephelah, WSW. from Jerus. according to SchickZPV x (1887), 143 ff. 2. Αιταν[μ], etc., city fortified by Rehob. 2 Ch 11:6, between Bethlehem and Tekoa, = ʿAinʿAtān c. 2 miles SSW. from B.,…