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Deuteronomy 33:22

“And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דָּןDân · dawn
H1835 · Hebrew
Definition
Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them
Derivation
from H1777 (דִּין); judge;
KJV renderings
Daniel
Grammar
  • וּ — conjunction
  • לְ — preposition
  • דָ֣ן — proper noun
Code HC/R/Np
Usage
Occurs 70 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:14Genesis 30:6Genesis 35:25Genesis 46:23Genesis 49:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָּן here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.