HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8387
תַּאֲנַת שִׁלֹ֑ה
ta.a.nat shi.loh — Taanath-shiloh
§ Taanath-shiloh = "approach to Shiloh" a landmark on the boundary of Ephraim
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Taanath-shiloh
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Historical dictionary entry
Approach to Shiloh, a place on the border of Ephraim (Josh. 16:6), probably the modern T’ana, a ruin 7 miles south-east of Shechem, on the ridge east of the Mukhnah plain.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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