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Nobah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5025

נֹ֫בַח

no.vach — Nobah

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.32.42 § Nobah = "barking" 1) a warrior of Manasseh who during the conquest of the territory on the east of the Jordan possessed himself of the town of Kenath and surrounding villages 2) a place in Gilead which comprised the towns of Kenath and its surrounding villages captured by 1 above and renamed after himself; area eventually regained its original identity

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7079

קְנָת

qe.nat — Kenath

§ Kenath = "possession" a city in Gilead east of the Jordan taken possession of by a certain Nobah and renamed in his own honour

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Historical dictionary entry

Howling. (1.) Num. 32:42. (2.) The name given to Kenath (q.v.) by Nobah when he conquered it. It was on the east of Gilead (Judg. 8:11).

Scripture references

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

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