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Zanoah,זָנֹחַAdullamעֲדֻלָּםand their villages,וְחַצְרֵיהֶםLachishלָכִישׁand its fields,וּשְׂדֹתֶיהָAzekahעֲזֵקָהand its settlements.וּבְנֹתֶיהָSo they encampedוַיַּחֲנוּfrom Beershebaמִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַעtoעַדthe valleyגֵּיאof Hinnom.הִנֹּם
Nehemiah 11:30
Study it in the app“Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its settlements. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Nehemiah 11:30, word by word
- Zanoahזָנֹחַzanoach
Zanoah
Zanoah: the name of two towns of Judah, one in the Shephelah and one in the hill country.
Where else “zanoach” appears- Adullamעֲדֻלָּםadulam
Adullam
Adullam: a city of the Shephelah, known later for the cave where David took refuge.
Where else “adulam” appears- and their villagesחַצְרֵיchatsre
village
A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.
Where else “chatsre” appears- Lachishלָכִישׁlachish
Lachish
See it on the mapWhere else “lachish” appears- and its fieldsשְׂדֹתֶיsedote
territory
A region: "the fields of Moab".
Where else “sedote” appears- Azekahעֲזֵקָהazeka
Azekah
Azekah: a city of the Shephelah. The name comes from "dug ground."
Where else “azeka” appears- and its settlementsבְנֹתֶיvenote
village
Literally "the daughters": small places that depend on a city.
Where else “venote” appears- So they encampedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- from Beershebaבְּאֵרbeer
Beersheba
See it on the mapWhere else “beer” appears- the valleyגֵּיאge
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “ge” appears- of Hinnomהִנֹּםhinom
Hinnom
Hinnom: the name of the valley that runs along the south side of Jerusalem ("valley of Ben-hinnom," valley of the son of Hinnom).
Where else “hinom” appears
Places in this verse
1Lachish
Today: Tel Lachish ruins, Israel
A fortified city in the low hills of Judah, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Jerusalem.
Joshua took it (Josh 10:32). Sennacherib attacked it before coming against Jerusalem (2 Kgs 18:14), and it was one of the last cities to fall to Babylon (Jer 34:7).
2Beersheba
Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel
A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.
The context
29in En-rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
30 · This verse (above)
31And the sons of Benjamin, from Geba: Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel and its settlements,