Anem (ancient city)

Anem or Anim was a Levitical city in Israel allocated to the Gershonites, according to the Hebrew Bible, from the land of the tribe of Issachar (1 Chronicles 6:73) (6:58 in some Bibles). In the parallel location in the Book of Joshua, the name En-gannim or Engannim appears, and the two names may refer to the same town.[1][2]

The location of Anem is unknown.[2]

William F. Albright suggested that Anem was the same location as En-gannim, the two spellings being variants of a single original site ʕen-ʕonam.[3] But Hagen Martino (in 1907), claimed that Anem is 'probably a distinct site', near En-gannim.[4]

See also

References
  1. Joshua 19:21 and 21:29
  2. J. D. Douglas; Merrill C. Tenney (3 May 2011). Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Harper Collins. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-310-49235-1.
  3. William F. Albright (1926). "The Topography of the Tribe of Issachar". In Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. p. 231.
  4. e.g., Martino (Ed.). Atlas Biblicus. Continens Duas Et Viginti Tabulas Quibus Accedit. Index topographicus in Universam Geographam Biblicam, Paris (Suptibus P. Lethielleux, 1907). Quote: "urbs tribus Issachar, fortasse eadem atque Engannim (Djenin) vel probabilius urbs distincta, vicus ‘Anim inter aquilonem et occidentum ab Engannim.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Anem" . Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

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