Dinhabah was an Edomite city mentioned in Genesis 36, the capital of King Bela ben Beor. The Hebrew name דִּנְהָבָה may mean " robbers' den". [1] [2] Dinhabah may have been located on the site of modern Dibdiba, a little northeast of Petra. [3] [4]
The name is not uncommon among the Shemitic races. Ptolemy [5] mentions a Danaba (Δανάβα) near Palmyra Syria which was later a bishop's see, and according to Zosimus [6] there was a Danabe (Δανάβη) in Babylonia.
References
- ^ דִּנְהָבָה[ permanent dead link] at bible lexicon.
- ^ The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia.
- ^ Smith's list in Robinson's Researches, 3, App. page 114.
- ^ Henry George Tomkins "Dinhabah." Palestine Exploration Quarterly Volume 23, Issue 4 (1 October 1891), pp. 322-323.
- ^ Ptolemy 5:15, 24.
- ^ Zosimus (3:27)
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Dinhabah was an Edomite city mentioned in Genesis 36, the capital of King Bela ben Beor. The Hebrew name דִּנְהָבָה may mean " robbers' den". [1] [2] Dinhabah may have been located on the site of modern Dibdiba, a little northeast of Petra. [3] [4]
The name is not uncommon among the Shemitic races. Ptolemy [5] mentions a Danaba (Δανάβα) near Palmyra Syria which was later a bishop's see, and according to Zosimus [6] there was a Danabe (Δανάβη) in Babylonia.
References
- ^ דִּנְהָבָה[ permanent dead link] at bible lexicon.
- ^ The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia.
- ^ Smith's list in Robinson's Researches, 3, App. page 114.
- ^ Henry George Tomkins "Dinhabah." Palestine Exploration Quarterly Volume 23, Issue 4 (1 October 1891), pp. 322-323.
- ^ Ptolemy 5:15, 24.
- ^ Zosimus (3:27)
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