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

Taanath-shiloh

A point on Ephraim's southern border, named once in Joshua 16:6. The name seems to mean approach to Shiloh, and it is commonly identified with the ruin of Ta'na southeast of Shechem.

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A point on Ephraim's southern border, named once in Joshua 16:6. The name seems to mean approach to Shiloh, and it is commonly identified with the ruin of Ta'na southeast of Shechem.

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Taanath-shiloh marked a point on the southern border of the tribal territory of Ephraim, named only in Joshua 16:6. Its name, roughly "approach to Shiloh," suggests it lay along a route travelers used to reach the sanctuary town of Shiloh, and it is commonly identified with the ruin of Ta'na southeast of Shechem.

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The word

H8387

Where it is
  • 35.370933
  • 32.176348
Where it appears
  • Joshua 16:6

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