Lexicon
דִּנְהָ֑בָה
din.ha.vah
H1838
N:N--L Hebrew

Dinhabah

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din.ha.vah is the name of the city identified as Bela son of Beor’s city in Edom.

The attested form is used as a proper city name in the statement identifying the city of Bela son of Beor, who reigned in Edom.

Senses in use

  1. City named as Bela’s city · dominant

    In Genesis 36:32 and 1 Chronicles 1:43, the form is tagged as a proper noun in the clause naming Bela son of Beor’s city. The APB renders each clause with “the name of his city was Dinhabah.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both cited verses, the APB presents the term in the clause “the name of his city was Dinhabah.” The verse is read as a whole, but both contexts identify it as the city associated with Bela son of Beor.

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