H6815 H6815
Zaanannim; place name on the border of Naphtali near Kedesh, location of Heber the Kenite's tent
Zaanannim is a place name appearing in boundary descriptions and battle narratives. Joshua 19:33 includes it in Naphtali's territorial border. Judges 4:11 locates Heber the Kenite's encampment 'at Zaanannim, near Kedesh,' setting the stage for Jael's encounter with Sisera. The name appears with the preposition beth, leading to some debate whether the beth is part of the name or a separate locative marker. The site's exact location remains uncertain, though its association with Kedesh and the Deborah-Barak narrative places it in northern Israel.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Two contexts anchor this place: territorial borders (Joshua) and narrative setting (Judges). The Ketiv-Qere variation and bracketed [K] in several translations reflect textual uncertainty about the name's precise form. The site is remembered primarily because of Judges 4—Heber pitched his tent there, and Jael's tent became the scene of Sisera's death. Cross-linguistic evidence shows minor spelling variation but consistent recognition as a geographical name near Kedesh in Naphtali's region. 3×
AR["(بِ-صَعَنانِيمَ)", "[بصعنيم]", "فِي-صَعَنَنِّيمَ"]·ben["(সানন্নীমে)", "[প্লেনের]", "সানন্নীমে"]·DE["Tsaananim", "[K]", "in-Tsaanannim"]·EN["Tsaananim", "[K]", "in-Tsaanannim"]·FR["Tsaananim", "[K]", "dans-Tsaanannim"]·heb["ב-צענניים", "ב-צעננים"]·HI["सअननीम-के", "सानन्नीम"]·ID["[qere]", "di-Zaananim"]·IT["Tsaananim", "[K]", "in-Tsaanannim"]·jav["Zaananim", "[ing-Zaananim]", "ing-Zaananim"]·KO["(사아난님-에)", "[사아난님]", "사아난님에서"]·PT["(em-Tsa'anannim)", "[em-Tsa'anannim]", "em-Tsaananim"]·RU["[кетив]", "Бецаананима", "в-Цаананниме"]·ES["Saananim", "[k]", "en-Tzaananim"]·SW["(Zaananimu)", "[Zaananimu]", "katika-Saananimu"]·TR["(Tsaanannimde)", "-de-Tsaanannim", "[Tsaannim]"]·urd["صعننیم-میں"]
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
† צַעֲנַנִּים n.pr.loc. only c. בְּ, pointed as prep., and so most (but ב perhaps radical, v. GFM); on border of Naphtali, near Ḳedesh;—בְּצ׳ Jos 19:33 (Βεσεμεειν, Σεενανειμ, etc.) + Ju 4:11 Qr (Kt בצענים), 𝔊 πλεονεκτούντων (√ בָּצַע), ἀναπαυομένων.