Dimnah — the meaning of the Hebrew name דִּמְנָה

דִּמְנָה

Dimnâh · pronounced dim-naw' · Strong's H1829 · a place

Dimnah means a dung-heap.

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דֹּמֶן dômen (the same as, H1828) — manure open in the lexicon ›

feminine from the same as H1828; a dung-heap; Dimnah, a place in Palestine.

Josh 21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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