Zaanannim
Zaanannim, a place near Kedesh in Naphtali, associated with the Kenites and mentioned in connection with the story of Deborah and Barak.
The name Zaanannim means “movings; a person asleep”
PlaceOld Testament2 books2 verses
Summary
A location near Kedesh first mentioned at Joshua 19:33; only referred to as Zaanannim (צַעֲנַנִּים).
Location
- Identified as
- Hanot Taggarim
- Certainty
- Possible (41% of scholarship) · 3 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 32.721° N, 35.411° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- צַעֲנַנִּיםZaanannim
Mentions
- Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.
- Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.