Dilein

Dilein

(Heb. Dilan', דִּלְעָן , a gourd-field or cucumber-patch, suggestive of a rich soil; Sept. Δαλαάν v.r. Δαλάδ , Vulg. Delean), one of the cities of Judah, situated in the "valley" or maritime plain, and mentioned between Migdal- gad and Mizpeh ( Joshua 15:38). Van de Velde ( Narrat . 2:160) suggests that it may be the modern place Tina (Beit Tiuna, a Mussulman village, according to Smith, in Robinson's Researche s, 1st edit. 3, Append. page 118), about three miles north of Tell es-Safieh, in the maritime plain of Philistia, south of Ekron. Schwarz (Palest. page 103) combines the name with Mizpeh following, against the text.