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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Amam

One verse of Joshua's town lists puts it in the Negev district of Judah with Shema and Moladah. That is all that survives of it, and nobody knows where it stood.

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One verse of Joshua's town lists puts it in the Negev district of Judah with Shema and Moladah. That is all that survives of it, and nobody knows where it stood.

Who this is

Amam was a town in the Negev district of Judah's territory, named together with Shema and Moladah in a single verse of Joshua's town lists (Josh. 15:26). No other information about it survives, and its site is unknown.

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The word

H538

Where it is
  • 34.90684
  • 31.2185
Where it appears
  • Joshua 15:26

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