ta.chan is used as a proper name in a genealogy and in a clan listing in the Bible.

The attested forms function as a proper name: one occurrence names a son in a genealogy, while the other names an ancestor or eponym within a clan listing.

1. Proper name in lineage and clan listing · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 7:25 the form occurs in a sequence of sons; the APB renders the line with “Tahan his son.” In Numbers 26:35 it occurs among Ephraim's sons and their clans; the APB renders “Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.”

   1 Chronicles 7:25Numbers 26:35

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name directly in both verses, as “Tahan” in a genealogical line and in a clan formula. The precise relation between the name and the clan designation is supplied by the verse context rather than by an isolated English equivalent.