BDB1918
דָּן proper name, masculine (judge) —
1. son of Jacob and Bilhah Gen 30:6; Gen 35:25; Exod 1:4; Josh 19:47; Judg 18:29; 1Chr 2:2.
2. the tribe of Dan, מַטֵּה דָן
Exod 31:6; Exod 35:34; Exod 38:23; Lev 24:11; Num 1:39; Num 13:12; Josh 21:5; Josh 21:23 (all
P
); בְּנֵי דָן
Gen 46:23; Num 1:38; Num 2:25; Num 7:66; Num 10:25; Num 26:42; Num 34:22; Josh 19:40; Josh 19:47
(twice in verse);
Josh 19:48 (all
P
) Judg 1:34
; Judg 18:2;
Judg 18:16;
Judg 18:22;
Judg 18:23;
Judg 18:25;
Judg 18:26;
Judg 18:30
מַחֲנֵה דָן
Num 2:25; Num 2:31 (
P
) — on Judg
13:25; Judg
18:12 see
מַחֲנֶה
; מִשְׁפְּחֹת דָּן
Num 26:42 (
P
); דָּן alone in poetry Gen 49:16; Gen 49:17; Deut 33:22 (twice in verse); Judg 5:17, elsewhere Num 1:12 (
P
) Deut 27:13
; 1Chr 27:22
; 2Chr 2:13
; Ezek 48:1; Ezek 48:2; Ezek 48:32.
3. a city on northern frontier of Israel at one of the sources of the Jordan, originally
לַיִשׁ
Judg 18:29
(compare Judg 18:7
); = לֶשֶׁם
Josh 19:47
captured by a colony of Danites; named Dan, and made a sacred place with rites of worship that lasted until the
exile (Judg 18:30
); = Tell el Kâdî, RobBR iii. 351, 358
BdPa1 265. This place is frequently referred to: Gen 14:14; Deut 34:1; 1Kgs 12:29;
1Kgs 12:30;
1Kgs 15:20;
2Kgs 10:29;
2Chr 16:4; Jer 4:15; Jer 8:16; Amos 8:14 read
also וּבְדָן for וְכֵן
2Sam 20:18
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Ew
We compare Dr; and see the phrase
מִדָּן וְעַדבְּֿאֵר שֶׁבַע
Judg 20:1; 1Sam 3:20; 2Sam 3:10; 2Sam 17:11;
2Sam 24:2; 2Sam 24:15;
1Kgs 5:5 given by
Chronicles מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
וְעַדדָּֿן
1Chr 21:2; 2Chr 30:5. (Ezek 27:19 see
ודן
.)
Note. — דָּ֫נָה יַעַן
2Sam 24:6. As no
such place is known, the text is usually regarded as corrupt, and,
ᵐ5
being uncertain, is variously changed: (1) דָּ֫נָה יַעַר
to Dan in the wood, Thes after
ᵑ9
silvestria. (2) (וַיָּסֹבּוּ) דָּ֫נָה וְעִיּוֺן
to Dan and Ijon
Klo (compare 1Kgs 15:20). (3) (סָֽבֲבוּ) דָּן וּמִדָּן
We
Dr compare
ᵐ5
.