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- ZAANAIM wanderings; the unloading of tents, so called probably from
the fact of nomads in tents encamping amid the cities and villages of that
region, a place in the north-west of Lake Merom, near Kedesh, in Naphtali.
Here Sisera was slain by Jael, “the wife of Heber the Kenite,” who had
pitched his tent in the “plain [R.V., ‘as far as the oak’] of Zaanaim”
(Judges 4:11).
It has been, however, suggested by some that, following the LXX. and the
Talmud, the letter b, which in Hebrew means “in,” should be taken as a
part of the word following, and the phrase would then be “unto the oak of
Bitzanaim,” a place which has been identified with the ruins of Bessum,
about half-way between Tiberias and Mount Tabor.
- ZAANAN place of flocks, mentioned only in Micah 1:11. It may be
identified with Zenan, in the plain country of Judah (Joshua 15:37). - ZAANANNIM =Zaanaim, (Joshua 19:33).
- ZAAVAN terror, one of the “dukes of Edom” (Genesis 36:27); called also
Zavan (1 Chronicles 1:42). - ZABAD gift. (1.) One of David’s valiant men (1 Chronicles 11:41), the
descendant of Ahlai, of the “children of Sheshan” (2:31).
(2.) A descendant of Tahath (7:21).
(3.) The son of Shemath. He conspired against Joash, king of Judah, and
slew him (2 Chronicles 24:25, 26). He is called also Jozachar (2 Kings
12:21).
(4.) Ezra 10:27.
(5.) Ezra 10:33.
(6.) Ezra 10:43.
- ZABBAI wanderer; pure. (1.) Ezra 10:28.
(2.) The father of Baruch, who “earnestly repaired” part of the wall of
Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:20; marg., “Zaccai”).