H6891 H6891
Zarethan/Zarthan; place name in the Jordan Valley, associated with Jericho and bronze casting for the temple
Zarethan was a location in the Jordan Valley with uncertain precise identification. Joshua 3:16 mentions it as a landmark when the Jordan's waters stopped for Israel's crossing—the waters backed up 'as far as Adam, near Zarethan.' First Kings 7:46 identifies it as the area where Hiram cast bronze objects for Solomon's temple (parallel passage 2 Chronicles 4:17 has 'Zeredah'). First Kings 4:12 includes it in a district boundary description. The name appears in variant forms, and its exact site remains debated, though somewhere in the Jordan Valley between Adam and Succoth.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Three uses anchor Zarethan in Jordan Valley geography: Joshua's crossing miracle, Solomon's bronze-casting operations, and administrative boundaries. The parallel text in Chronicles ('Zeredah') suggests textual variation or possible conflation with another nearby site. Cross-linguistic renderings are fairly consistent (Zarethan, Saretán), though the site's exact identification eludes archaeologists. The connection to temple bronze-casting indicates proximity to clay-rich soil suitable for mold-making, while the Joshua reference places it near where waters miraculously piled up. 3×
AR["صَرتانَ", "صَرْتَانَ", "صَرْتَانَةَ"]·ben["-পাশে", "সরতানের", "সার্থানের"]·DE["Zarethan"]·EN["Zarethan"]·FR["Zarethan"]·heb["צרתן", "צרתנה"]·HI["सारतान", "सारतान-की", "सारतानाह"]·ID["Zaretan", "Zartan"]·IT["Zarethan"]·jav["Zaretan", "Zartan"]·KO["사르단", "사르단의", "사르타나의"]·PT["Tsaretan", "Tsartan"]·RU["Цартана", "Цартаном", "Цартаны"]·ES["Saretán", "Tsartaná"]·SW["Saretani", "Sarethani"]·TR["Tsartan", "Tsartan'a"]·urd["صرتان", "صرتان-کے", "صرتانہ-کے"]
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
† צָֽרְתָן n.pr.loc. in Jordan valley, near ford, BuhlGeogr. 181; exact site unknown; Jos 3:16 Καθιαιρειν, 𝔊L Καριαθιαρειμ), 1 K 7:46 (Σειρα, 𝔊L Σαρθαν) = צְרֵדָ֫תָה 2 Ch 4:17 (Αναμε [i.e. ἀνὰ μέσον] σιρδαθαι; Σα(ρι)δαθα; is Chr right?); צָֽרְתַ֫נָה 1 K 4:12 (Σεσαθαν, 𝔊L Σαρθαν)—cf. צְרֵרָתָה Ju 7:22, appar. same place; identity with צְרֵדָה 1 K 11:26 is usually assumed, but not proven.