H8470 H8470
the Tahanite, gentilic adjective with article: clan designation in the Ephraimite tribal census (Numbers 26:35)
This gentilic term appears in the Numbers 26 census, identifying a clan within the tribe of Ephraim descended from Tahan. The article makes it function as a collective substantive, 'the Tahanites,' referring to all members of this family group. Such census designations were crucial for land allotment and tribal organization during the conquest period. The name preserves one of several Ephraimite clans that traced their lineage through Joseph's line.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The collective designation for members of the Tahan clan within Ephraim, used in the wilderness census to enumerate the tribal subdivision. This kind of patronymic gentilic, marked with the article, functions as a family name identifying all descendants of the eponymous ancestor Tahan mentioned earlier in the genealogy. 1×
AR["التَّحَنِيِّ"]·ben["তহনীয়দের"]·DE["der-Tahanite"]·EN["the-Tahanite"]·FR["le-Tahanite"]·heb["ה-תחני"]·HI["तहनी-का"]·ID["orang-Tahan"]·IT["il-Tahanite"]·jav["tiyang-Tahan"]·KO["그-다한-의"]·PT["o-tachanita"]·RU["Таханово"]·ES["los-tajanitas"]·SW["Watahani"]·TR["-Tahanluların"]·urd["تحنیوں-کا"]
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
† תַּחֲנִי adj.gent. only c. art. as subst. coll., הַתּ׳ Nu 26:35.