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Janum

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3241

יָנוּם

ya.nim — Janim

§ Janum = "asleep" a town in the mountains of Judah apparently not far from Hebron

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Historical dictionary entry

Slumber, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:53).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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