Joshua 15:49
And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,
And Dannah,.... Dannah is not mentioned elsewhere,
and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir; Kirjathsannah had three names, this and Debir, and Kirjathsepher; See Gill on "Joshua 15:15"; all which are of much the same signification; for "Sanna" with the Arabs {f}, and so with the Phoenicians, signifies law, doctrine, and manner of life; and with the Mahometans the secondary law to the Koran, and answers to the Jewish Misnah; and the Greek version interprets this name "the city of letters". Jerom {g} calls it Daenna, and seems to confound it with Dannah.
{f} "mos vivendi, lex", Golius, col. 1221. Castell. col. 2567. Vid. Bochart. Canaan, 50:2. c. 17. col. 771.
{g} De loc. Heb. fol. 90. I.
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