Kanah standard
osh.17.9">17:9). The border of Ephraim went out westward from Tappuah to the brook Kanah, ending at the sea; the border of Manasseh from Tappuah, which belonged to Ephraim, "went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward o…
Where is Kanah in the Bible?
Kanah appears in the Bible as a border town located in ancient northern Israel, specifically marking the boundary between the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh as described in the Book of Joshua. The brook or stream of Kanah, likely identified with the modern Wadi Kanah in the region southwest of Shechem, served as a geographical dividing line for these tribal lands. It is important to distinguish Kanah from Cana, another biblical location in Galilee where Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine, as recorded in the Gospel of John. While Kanah itself played a primarily geographical role in establishing territorial boundaries during Israel's settlement period, it represents an important landmark in understanding the division of the Promised Land among the twelve tribes.
In Scripture2 biblical books; 2 with study content
- Joshua
- John
Kanah
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)osh.17.9">17:9). The border of Ephraim went out westward from Tappuah to the brook Kanah, ending at the sea; the border of Manasseh from Tappuah, which belonged to Ephraim, "went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook." There seems no good reason to doubt the identification of "the brook Kanah" with the modern Wady Kanah. The transition from the heavy "q" to the lighter "k" is easy, so the phonetic difficulty is not serious. The stream rises in the Southwest of Shechem, flows through Wady Ishkar, and, joining the `Aujeh, reaches the sea not far to the North of Jaffa. Guerin, influenced, apparently, by the masses of reeds of various kinds which fill the river, argues in favor of Nahr el-Fallq, to the North of Arsuf. He identifies it with Nahr el-Kasab, "river of reeds," mentioned by Beha ed-Din, the Moslem historian. But this last must be identified with Nahr el-Mafjir, 13 miles farther North, too far North for "the brook Kanah."
(2) A town on the northern boundary of Asher (Jos 19:28), probably identical with the village of Qana, about 7 miles Southeast of Tyre (SWP, I, 51, 64, Sh I).
W. Ewing
kaf "k": The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "k", with daghesh, and "kh" (=German ch) without daghesh. It came also to be used for the number 20. For name, etc., see <ref target