Lexical Definition

‎סַנְסַנָּה‎ Çançannâh (san-san-naw') Sansannah ^N:N--L
feminine of a form of ‎סַנְסִן‎; a bough

Sansannah.

• § Sansannah = "palm branch"
• Sansannah, a place in Palestine

1) a town in southern Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סַנְסַנָּה‎ proper name, of a location in southern Judah; — Josh 15:31, ᵐ5 Σεθεννακ, A Σανσαννα, ᵐ5^L Σεενακ; probably = ‎חֲצַר סוּסָה‎ Josh 19:5, ‎חֲצַרסֿוּסִים‎ 1Chr 4:31 conjectures on location (near Gaza), see in Di^{on the passage} Buhl^{Geogr. 163 and references} (Simsum, northeast of Gaza, compare by J. Schwarz^{Das heilig. Land (1852), 72} van d. Velde^{Mem, 346}, is too far north).

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Sansannah • Town in the Negev region of Judah

Sansannah was a town allotted to the tribe of Judah in the Negev region (Josh. 15:31).

• A location near Madmannah מַדְמַנָּה only mentioned at Jos.15.31;
• only referred to as Sansannah סַנְסַנָּה.
  

Sansannah is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the list of towns allotted to the tribe of Judah in the Negev region (Josh. 15:31). The Negev was the southern part of the Promised Land, known for its arid climate and sparse vegetation. The exact location of Sansannah is unknown, but it was likely situated in the southern portion of Judah's territory.

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