H7005 H7005
Qattath, a town in Zebulun's inheritance, possibly identical with Kitron
A place name appearing in Joshua's distribution lists. Joshua 19:15 includes Qattath among the cities allotted to Zebulun. The similarity to Kitron (Judges 1:30) has led many scholars to propose they refer to the same site, though the different spellings raise questions about textual transmission or whether these were genuinely distinct settlements. The Septuagint's transliterations vary, suggesting uncertainty even in antiquity. Like many Zebulunite cities, Qattath's precise location remains unidentified.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A town in Zebulun's territorial inheritance, listed in Joshua 19:15 among the tribe's allotted cities. The waw-prefixed form ('and Qattath') positions it within a series of Zebulunite settlements. Most translations transliterate the name (Spanish Catat, etc.). The possible identification with Kitron would resolve some geographical puzzles but remains speculative. The name survives in Israel's inheritance records even though the site's exact location was apparently lost in later tradition, illustrating how biblical geography preserves ancient data whose physical referents became obscure over centuries. 1×
AR["وَ-قَطَّاتُ"]·ben["এবং-কট্টৎ"]·DE["und-Qattath"]·EN["and-Qattath"]·FR["et-Qattath"]·heb["ו-קטת"]·HI["और-कट्टात"]·ID["dan-Katat"]·IT["e-Qattath"]·jav["lan-Katat"]·KO["그리고-곿닧"]·PT["e-Qatat"]·RU["и-Каттат"]·ES["y-Catat"]·SW["na-Katathi"]·TR["ve-Kattat"]·urd["اور-قطت"]
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
† קַטָּת n.pr.loc. in Zebulun Jos 19:15, Καταναθ, A Κατταθ, 𝔊L Κοτταθ;—v. קִטְרוֹן.