Atlas  Zaanan (Shaphir) and surrounding area Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences Micah 1:11 Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection.Encyclopedia ZAANANza'-a-nan (tsa`anan; Sennaar): A place named by Micah in the Shephelah of Judah (1:11). In this sentence the prophet makes verbal play with the name, as if it were derived from yatsa', "to go forth": "The inhabitant (margin "inhabitress") of tsa'anan is not come forth" (yatse'ah). The place is not identical. It is probably the same as ZENAN. Strong's Hebrew H6630: Tsaanana place perhaps in the Shephelah of Judah |
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