Lexical Definition

‎עֵיטָם‎ ʻÊyṭâm (ay-tawm') Etam ^N:N--L
from ‎עַיִט‎; hawk-ground

Etam.

• § Etam = "lair of wild beasts"
• Etam, a place in Palestine

1) a village of the tribe of Simeon
2) a town in Judah fortified and garrisoned by king Rehoboam of Judah and located between Bethlehem and Tekoa
3) a cliff; site uncertain

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֵיטָם‎ proper name, of a location (perhaps animal-name, from ‎עַיִט‎, compare Gray^{Prop. Names 93}); —

1. Ηταμ, ᵐ5^L Ιταμ, a. cliff, ‎׳‎‎סְעִיף סֶלַע ע‎ Judg 15:8; Judg 15:11 perhaps near town ‎עֵיטָם‎, see following, but at ±Ar¹‡ Isma±£n near edge of Shephelah, west-southwest from Jerusalem according to Schick^{ZPV x (1887), 143 ff.}

2. Αιταν[μ], etc., city fortified by Rehoboam 2Chr 11:6, between Bethlehem and Tekoa, = ±Ain ±At¹n approximately 2 miles south-southwest from Bethlehem, Buhl^{Geogr. 92} GFM^{Judg 15:8}, near Urtâs Rob^{BR i. 477}; clan in Judah 1Chr 4:3.

3. Αιταν[μ], in Simeon 1Chr 4:32 (Be [not Oettli Kau Kit] reads ‎עֵתֶר‎ from Josh 15:42).

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