אֲבָנָה
a.va.nah
H0071
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Hebrew
Abana
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Hebrew
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a.va.nah is named among the rivers of Damascus in a comparison with Israel's waters.
a.va.nah is attested as the proper name of a river named alongside other waters of Damascus in a comparison with Israel's waters in 2 Kings 5:12.
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A river named in a comparison of waters · dominant
In 2 Kings 5:12, the proper noun occurs in the question comparing the rivers of Damascus with all the waters of Israel; the APB renders the clause, "Are not Abana and Amana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?"
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 5:12, the APB presents the name as "Abana" among "the rivers of Damascus." It confirms the verse's river comparison rather than a separate lexical rendering.