Difference between revisions of "Dodanim"

<p> (&nbsp;Genesis 10:4) [[Dodanim]] or [[Rodanim]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:7); since the [[Hebrew]] letter [[Daleth]] ( ד ) and the Hebrew letter [[Resh]] ( ר ), closely resemble One another in Hebrew, [[Septuagint]] and [[Samaritan]] versions translate "the inhabitants of Rhodes," the large island in the E. part of the Mediterranean; in Greek meaning "island of roses;" its coins are stamped with a rose. [[Sprung]] from [[Javan]] (Ιonia , "the Greek race"), son of Japhet. [[Gesenius]] identifies them with the Dardani of [[Illyricum]] and Troy, a semi-Pelasgic race, akin to the [[Kittim]] or Chittim. Dodona, seat of the oracle in Epirus, is a kindred name. </p>

<p> <strong> DODANIM </strong> . Named in the MT [Note: Massoretic Text.] of &nbsp; [[Genesis]] 10:4 among the descendants of Javan, or Ionians. The LXX [Note: Septuagint.] and Sam. versions and the parallel passage &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 1:7 read <strong> Rodanim </strong> , <em> i.e. </em> Rhodians. Cf. the true reading of &nbsp; Ezekiel 27:15 under Dedan. </p> <p> J. F. McCurdy. </p>

<p> '''Dod'anim.''' ''(Leaders).'' &nbsp;Genesis 10:4; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:7. A family or race descended from Javan, the son of Japhet. &nbsp;Genesis 10:4; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:7. Dodanim is regarded as identical with the Dardani, who were found in historical times in Illyricum and Troy. </p>

<p> Or RODANM, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:7 , a people descended from Japhet through Javan, &nbsp;Genesis 10:4 . They are associated, by the above passage, and by dim etymological inferences, with the island of [[Rhodes]] or some location on the north coast of the Mediterranean. </p>

<p> Descendants of Javan, son of Japheth. &nbsp;Genesis 10:4; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:7 . In the margin the name is RODANIM, which has some manuscript authority. </p>

<p> (Hebrews Dodanim', דֹּדָנַים, deriv. unknown; Sept. ῾Ρόδιοι, Vulg. Dodanim), a family or race descended from (the fourth son of) Javan, the son of [[Japheth]] (&nbsp;Genesis 10:4). The authorities vary as to the form of the name: the Hebrew text has Dodanim in Genesis, but RODANIM (רוֹדָנַים ) in the text of the parallel passage (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:7, margin </p> <p> דּוֹדָנַים, Sept. again ῾Ρόδιοι [v.r. Δωδανάμ ], and Vulg. Dodanim, A.V. "Dodanim"); Dodanim appears in the Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate, Persian, and Arabic versions, and in the [[Targum]] of Onkelos; Rodanima is supported by the Sept., the Samaritan version, and some early writers, as [[Eusebius]] and Cosmas. The weight of authority is in favor of Dodanim; the substitution of ῾Ρόδιοι, Rhodians, in the Sept. may have arisen from familiarity with that name (compare &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:15, where it is again substituted for Dedan). Dodanim is regarded as identical with Dardani (Gesenius, ''Thesaur.'' page 1266), the latter, which is the original form, having been modified by the change of the liquid ''R'' into [[O]] , as in Barmilcar and Bomilcar, Hamilcar and Hamlilco (Hall. ''Lit. Zeit.'' 1841, No. 4). Thus the Targum of Jonathan, that on Chronicles, and the [[Jerusalem]] Talmud, give Dardania for Dodanim. The Dardani were found in historical times in Illyricum and Troy: the former district was regarded as their original seat. They were probably a semi-Pelasgic race, and are grouped with the [[Chittim]] in the genealogical table, as more closely related to them than to the other branches of the Pelasgic race (Knobel, ''Volkertafel'' , page 104 sq.). The similarity of the name Dodona in Epirus ([[Strabo]] , 7:327 sq.) has led to the identification of Dodanim with that place (Michaelis, ''Spicileg.'' 1:120); but a mere local designation appears too restricted for the general tenor of Genesis 10. (See [[Ethnology]]). Kalisch (''Comm. On Gen.'' ) identifies Dodanim with the Daunians, who occupied the coast of Apulia: he regards the name as referring to Italy generally. The wide and unexplained difference of the names, and the comparative unimportance of the Daunians, form objections to this view. Those who prefer the reading Rodanim refer it to the Greek inhabitants along the river Rhone (Bochar ''Phaleg'' , 3:6), from the original Rhodus (Tuch, [[Genesis]] page 216). </p>