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# javan

«javan» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A name in the Torah: a son of Japheth and a grandson of Noah** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A name in the Torah: a son of Japheth and a grandson of Noah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Tradition counts Javan among the seventy nations descended from Noah's sons and links his descendants with Greece. Interpretation: Jewish tradition reads the list of Noah's descendants as the origin of the world's nations. Javan is usually taken as the ancestor of the Greeks.

### examples

- And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Torah GEN.10.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#x1)
- The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (Torah GEN.10.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#x2)
- And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. (Writings 1CH.1.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#x3)
- Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/#x4)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.248/)
- [And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.250/)
- [Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.705/)
- [The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.4/)
- [And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «javan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/javan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.