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<p> '''1.''' A town in the low hall country ( '''''Shephelah''''' ) of Judah (&nbsp;Joshua 15:34; &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:30; repairers of the wall, &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:13). Zanua in Jerome's Onomasticon as in the district of [[Eleutheropolis]] on the way to Jerusalem. In [[Van]] de Velde's map N. of the ''Wady Ismail'' , two miles E. of [[Zareah]] and four N. of ''Yarmuk'' . [[Jekuthiel]] father or founder of Zanoah, was son of [[Jehudijah]] the [[Jewess]] and Mered; Mered's other wife being Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter. (See [[Bithiah]] .) [[Israelites]] from Egypt probably colonized Zanoah. </p> <p> '''2.''' ''Za Nutah'' is probably identical with another Zanoah; a town in the mountain region of Judah (&nbsp;Joshua 15:56), enumerated with Maon, Carmel, and [[Ziph]] S. of Hebron. </p>

<li> A town in the hill country of Judah, some 10 miles to the south-west of [[Hebron]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:56 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]]  Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Zanoah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/z/zanoah.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> [[Zanoah]] ( ''Za-Nô'Ah'' ), ''Marsh, Bog.'' 1. A town in Judah, in the lowlands or "valley." &nbsp;Joshua 15:34; &nbsp;Nehemiah 3:13; &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:30. East of Beth-shemesh, at ''Zânûá,'' 14 miles west-southwest of Jerusalem. 2. A town in the highlands of Judah. &nbsp;Joshua 15:56. ''ZaʾNutah,'' 10 miles south-southwest of Hebron. </p>

<p> (Heb. Zano'ach, '''''זָנוֹחִ''''' [&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:30, '''''זָנֹחִ''''' ], prob. [[Marsh]] ) '','' the name of two towns in the tribe of Judah. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. '''''Ζανώ''''' ) v.r. '''''Τανώ''''' '','' Vulg. ''Zano.'' ) A place in the lowland (Shephelah), named in connection with [[Zoreah]] and [[Jarmuth]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:34), in the group occupying the north-western corner of the district. (See [[Judah]]). The name recurs in its old connection in the lists of Nehemiah, both of the towns which were reinhabited by the people of Judah after the [[Captivity]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:30), and of those which assisted in repairing the wall of [[Jerusalem]] (&nbsp;Joshua 3:13). [[Jerome]] says ( ''Onomnast.'' s.v. "Zanohua") that it was still called ''Zanua'' in his day, and lay in the region of Eleutheropolis on the way to Jerusalem. The name and position tolerably correspond to those of ''Zanu'A,'' a site which was pointed out to Dr. Robinson from Beit Nettif ( ''Bib. Res.'' 2, 16), and which in the maps of Van de Velde and of Tobler ( ''Dritte Wamderung'' ) is located on the north side of the [[Wady]] Ismail, two miles east of Zareah, and four miles north of Yarmuk. Rabbi Schwarz inaccurately calls it ''Zamea'' ( ''Palest.'' p. 102). </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. [in Joshua, taking in the following name] '''''Ζανωακείμ''''' ''V.. '''''Ζακαναείμ''''' ,'' Vulg. ''Zanoel;'' in Chronicles '''''Ζαμών''''' , Vulg. ''Zanoa.'' ) A town in the highland district, the mountain proper (&nbsp;Joshua 15:56), named in the same group with Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and other places known to lie south of Hebron. It is (as Van de Velde suggests, ''Memoir,'' p. 354) not improbably identical with ''Sanute'' which is mentioned by Seetzen ( ''Reisen,'' 3, 29) as below Senula, and appears to be about ten miles south of Hebron. At the time of his visit it was the last inhabited place to the south. Robinson (Bibl. Res. 2, 204, note) gives the name differently, Za'nfutah; and it will be observed that, like Zanu'ah above mentioned, it contains the ''Ain,'' which the [[Hebrew]] name does not. The English engineers found (Quar. Report. of the "Pal. Explor. Fund," Jan. 1875, p. 15) an ancient site called Khirbet Sanut (written with an Elif= '''''א''''' ) '','' situated immediately west of Khirbet Yekin (the [[Cain]] of the context), which Tristram prefers as the representative of this Zanoah ( ''Bible Places,'' p. 62). </p> <p> In the genealogical lists of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles, Jekuthiel is said to have been the father (i.e. founder or rebuilder) of Zanoah (4, 18); and, as far as the passage can be made out, some connection appears to be intended with "Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh." This mention of Bithiah probably points to some colonization of the place by Egyptians or by Israelites directly from Egypt. In Seetzen's account of Sanuite (Za'nfitah) there is a curious token of the influence which events in Egypt still exercised on the place (Reisen, 3, 29). Here it is also mentioned with [[Socho]] and Eshtemoa, both of which places are recognizable in the neighborhood of Za'nutah. The [[Jewish]] interpreters considered the, whole of this passage of 1 Chronicles 4 to refer to Moses, and interpret each of the names which- it contains as titles of him. "He was chief of Zanoach," says the Targum, "because for his sake God put away ( '''''זָנִח''''' ) the sins of Israel." </p>

<p> ''''' za ''''' - ''''' nō´a ''''' ( זנוח , <i> ''''' zānōaḥ ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus Τανώ , <i> ''''' Tanṓ ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus Ζανώ , <i> ''''' Zanṓ ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) A town in the [[Judean]] Shephelah, grouped with Eshtaol, [[Zorah]] and [[Ashnah]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:34 ). The [[Jews]] reoccupied the place after the exile (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:30 ). Here it is named between Jarmuth and Adullam. The inhabitants assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, repairing the valley gate (&nbsp;Nehemiah 3:13 ). [[Eusebius]] (in <i> Onomasticon </i> ) places it at Zanna, in the district of Eleutheropolis on the Jerusalem road. It is represented by the modern Zanu'a, about 10 miles North of Belt Jibrin (Eleutheropolis). </p> <p> (2) (Codex Vaticanus Ζακαναείμ , <i> ''''' Zakanaeı́m ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus Ζανώ , <i> ''''' Zanṓ ''''' </i> ): A place in the mountains (&nbsp; Joshua 15:56 ) of which Jekuthiel was the "father" or founder (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:18 ). It may be identified with <i> ''''' Zenūtā ''''' </i> , a ruined site on a hill about 12 miles South of Hebron. </p>