Dabbesheth
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DABBESHETH (PLACE) [Heb dabbešet (דַּבֶּשֶׁת)]. On the S border of the territory of Zebulun (Josh 19:11), Dabbesheth (lit. ‘hump’) may indicate a settlement site or a geographical landmark. Dabbesheth has been tentatively identified with Tel Shem (M.R. 164230), N of Jokneam, though many other sites in the near vicinity may qualify. See Kallai HGB, 179–192.
Raphael Greenberg
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1:1232). New York: Doubleday.
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DABBESHETH Designation for a camel’s hump (Is 30:6). The name also refers to a town (“camel’s hump hill”) situated on the western border of the land allotted to Zebulun’s tribe for an inheritance (Jos 19:11).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (345). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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DAB´BESHETH (dabʹe-sheth; “hump”). A town on the border of Zebulun (Josh. 19:11). Its location has not been positively identified.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Dabbesheth (Heb. dabbešeṯ)
A town (or landmark; Heb. “hump”) on the southern border of Zebulun (Josh. 19:11). Of the possible modern identifications Tell esh-Shammām/Tel Shem (164230), N of Tell Qeimûn/Tel Yoqneam (biblical Jokneam), is the most likely.
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (307). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
