Lexicon
מְכֹנָה
me.kho.nah
H4368
N:N--L Hebrew

Meconah

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me.kho.nah is used as the name of a place where people dwelt, alongside its villages.

The attested use is a proper place name in a settlement list: Nehemiah 11:28 names it with its villages as a place where people dwelt.

Senses in use

  1. A named settlement with villages · dominant

    In Nehemiah 11:28, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the clause naming places where people dwelt. The APB renders the verse, “They dwelt in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Nehemiah 11:28, the APB presents the term as “Meconah” within a list of places where people dwelt.

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