Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 8:16
“The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
Lexical meaning
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
- מִ — preposition
- דָּ֤ן — proper noun
- 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.
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.