- ZALMONAH shady, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness
(Numbers 33:41, 42). - ZALMUNNA one of the two kings of Midian whom the “Lord delivered”
into the hands of Gideon. He was slain afterwards with Zebah (Judges
8:5-21). (See ZEBAH.) - ZAMZUMMIMS a race of giants; “a people great, and many, and tall, as
the Anakims” (Deuteronomy 2:20, 21). They were overcome by the
Ammonites, “who called them Zamzummims.” They belonged to the
Rephaim, and inhabited the country afterwards occupied by the
Ammonites. It has been conjectured that they might be Ham-zuzims, i.e.,
Zuzims dwelling in Ham, a place apparently to the south of Ashteroth
(Genesis 14:5), the ancient Rabbath-ammon. - ZANOAH marsh. (1.) A town in the low country or shephelah of Judah,
near Zorah (Joshua 15:34). It was re-occupied after the return from the
Captivity (Nehemiah 11:30). Zanu’ah in Wady Ismail, 10 miles west of
Jerusalem, occupies probably the same site.
(2.) A town in the hill country of Judah, some 10 miles to the south-west
of Hebron (Joshua 15:56).
- ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH the name which Pharaoh gave to Joseph when
he raised him to the rank of prime minister or grand vizier of the kingdom
(Genesis 41:45). This is a pure Egyptian word, and has been variously
explained. Some think it means “creator,” or “preserver of life.” Brugsch
interprets it as “governor of the district of the place of life”, i.e., of
Goshen, the chief city of which was Pithom, “the place of life.” Others
explain it as meaning “a revealer of secrets,” or “the man to whom secrets
are revealed.” - ZAREPHATH smelting-shop, “a workshop for the refining and smelting
of metals”, a small Phoenician town, now Surafend, about a mile from the
coast, almost midway on the road between Tyre and Sidon. Here Elijah
sojourned with a poor widow during the “great famine,” when the “heaven
was shut up three years and six months” (Luke 4:26; 1 Kings 17:10). It is
called Sarepta in the New Testament (Luke 4:26). - ZARETAN When the Hebrews crossed the Jordan, as soon as the feet of
the priests were dipped in the water, the flow of the stream was arrested.
The point of arrest was the “city of Adam beside Zaretan,” probably near