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title: דֹּתָן — Dothan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דֹּתָן (1886), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Dothan. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֹּתָן

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«דֹּתָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Dothan** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 1886 · **BDB:** דֹּתָן

### Glosses

Dothan (2); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Dothan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1886/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1886/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (𝔊 Δωθαειμ)—in N. Israel, north of Samaria; דֹּתָ֑ן Gn 37:17 2 K 6:13; דֹּתָ֑יְנָה Gn 37:17 cf. Di; mod. Tel Dotân, Bd.Pal. 228.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דֹּתָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1886/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 6:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.13/)

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וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְכ֤וּ וּרְאוּ֙ אֵיכֹ֣ה ה֔וּא וְאֶשְׁלַ֖ח וְאֶקָּחֵ֑הוּ וַיֻּגַּד־ל֥וֹ לֵאמֹ֖ר הִנֵּ֥ה בְדֹתָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.said go and see where? \[is\].he so that.I.may.send and so that.I.may.capture.him and it.was.told to him (cmp) there! in Dothan

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him.' And it was told him, saying: 'Behold, he is in Dothan.'

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[Genesis 37:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.17/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הָאִישׁ֙ נָסְע֣וּ מִזֶּ֔ה כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֹֽמְרִ֔ים נֵלְכָ֖ה דֹּתָ֑יְנָה וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ יוֹסֵף֙ אַחַ֣ר אֶחָ֔יו וַיִּמְצָאֵ֖ם בְּדֹתָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the man they.have.set.out from here (dm) I.heard.\[them\] saying let.us.go to Dothan and he.went Joseph after brothers his and he found.them at Dothan

*JPS 1917:* And the man said: 'They are departed hence; for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothan.' And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

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