• דִּינָה S 1783 GK 1909 n.pr.f. daughter of Jacob Gn 30:21 ; 34:1 , 3 , 5 , 13 , 25 , 26 ; 46:15 .
• דָּן S 1835 GK 1968, 1969 n.pr.m. ( judge) —1. son of Jacob and Bilhah Gn 30:6 ; 35:25 Ex 1:4 Jos 19:47 Ju 18:29 1 Ch 2: 2. 2. the tribe of Dan, מַטֵּה דָן Ex 31:6 ; 35:34 ; 38:23 Lv 24:11 Nu 1:3 9; 13:12 Jos 21: 5, 23 (all P ); בְּנֵי דָן Gn 46:23 Nu 1:3 8; 2:25 ; 7:66 ; 10:25 ; 26:42 ; 34:22 Jos 19:4 0, 47 (×2), 48 (all P ) Ju 1:34 18:2 , 16 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 30 ; מַחֲנֵה דָן Nu 2:2 5, 31 ( P )—on Ju 13:25 ; 18:12 v. מַחֲנֶה ; מִשְׁפְּחֹת דָּן Nu 26:42 ( P ); דָּן alone in poetry Gn 49:16 , 17 Dt 33:22 (×2) Ju 5:1 7, elsewhere Nu 1:12 ( P ) Dt 27:13 1 Ch 27:22 2 Ch 2:13 Ez 48:1 , 2 , 32 . 3. a city on northern frontier of Israel at one of the sources of the Jordan, originally לַיִשׁ Ju 18:29 ( cf. v 7); = לֶשֶׁם Jos 19:4 7; captured by a colony of Danites; named Dan, and made a sacred place with rites of worship that lasted until the exile ( Ju 18:30 ); = Tell el Kâdî , Rob BR iii. 351, 358 Bd Pal 265. This place is frequently referred to: Gn 14:14 Dt 34:1 1 K 12:2 9, 30 ; 15:20 2 K 10:29 2 Ch 16:4 Je 4:1 5; 8:16 Am 8:1 4: read also וּבֵדָן for וְכֵן 2 S 20:18 Ö Ew We cf. Dr ; and v. the phrase מִדָּן וְעַד־בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Ju 20:1 1 S 3:20 2 S 3:1 0; 17:11 ; 24:2 , 15 1 K 5: 5; given by Chr וְעַד־דָּן מִבְּאֵר שֶׁכַע 1 Ch 21:2 2 Ch 30:5 . ( Ez 27:19 v. ודן .)
Note
.—
דָּ˜נָה יַעַן
or
דַּנָֿד
(Bear)
2 S 24:6
. No such place known; text usually regarded as corrupt,and,
Ö
being uncertain, variously changed: (1)
דָּ˜נָה יַעַר
to Dan in the wood
,
Thes
after
É
silvestria
. (2) (
וַיָּסֹבּוּ
)
דָּ˜נָה וְעִיֹּון
to Dan and Ijon
Klo
(
cf.
1 K 15:2
0). (3) (
סָֽבֲבוּ
)
דָּן וּמִדָּן
We Dr
cf.
Ö
.
•
דָּנִי
S
1839
GK
1974
adj.
gent.
always
c.
art. as
n.pr. coll.
הַדָּנִי
1 Ch 12:3
5;
שֵׁבֶט הַדָּנִי
Ju 18:
1,
30
;
מִשְׁפַּחַת הַדָנִי
Ju 13:
2;
18:11
.
• דַּיָּן S 1781, 1782 TWOT 2674a, 426b GK 1908 n.m. judge 1 S 24:1 6; cstr. דַּיַּן ψ 68:6 .
דָּנִאֵל
S
1840
GK
1971
later
דָּנִיֵּאל
S
1840, 1841
GK
1975
n.pr.m.
(
cf. Ew
§
45 d
;
Ēl
is my judge;
on a possible connexion with Zend
dânu
,
wise
, or
wisdom
cf.
Che
OP 107;
v. Palm.
דנאל
Vog
93)
—
1.
son of David
1 Ch 3:1
,
דָּנִיֵּאל
, but
dub.
Palm. Palmyrene.