BDB1851 [H1719]

דְּדָן proper name, of a location & a people; — ׳ד Gen 10:7 + 8 t. + Ezek 27:20 (but see below) with ה locative דְּדָ֫נֶה Ezek 25:13 compare Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90}, 2 near the end; —

1. under figure of son of רַעֲמָה and grandson of כּוּשׁ (see these arts.) Gen 10:7 (brother of שְׁבָא) = 1Chr 1:9; Ezek 27:20 compare ׳בְּנֵי ד vEzek 27:15 (but read here perhaps רדן ᵐ5 υιὁὶ Ῥοδίων, compare Sta^{De Pop. Javan. 11}, also ᵑ6 Co; see below דֹּדָנִים below) compare also Ezek 38:13, ׳שְׁבָא וּד; south-Arabian tribe on Persian Gulf, = Sabean בנו דדן according to DHM^{ZMG 1876, 122; Sab. Denkm. 28 (dubit. Mordt)}; but in northwest of Arabian peninsula, Glaser^{Skizze ii. 391 ff.}; perhaps originally further south compare Di Gen 10:7.

2. as son of יָקְשָׁן father of אַשּׁוּרִם etc., Gen 25:3 (twice in verse) (here also brother of שְׁבָא) = 1Chr 1:32; Jer 25:23; Jer 49:8 ׳ישְׁבֵי ד. This is apparently a northern branch of 1, compare Di Gen 25:3. — On דדן in MI^31,31 compare Sm & So^{MI p. 29} Nö^{LCB Jan. 8, 1887} ClGann^{JAssyrian Jan. 1887. 107}.

דְּדָ֫נֶה see דְּדָןָ.

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