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dātān דָּתָן ‘Dathan’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of uncertain derivation

dātān pr n m pers
Dathan = "belonging to a fountain"
1) a Reubenite chief, son of Eliab, who, with his brother, Abiram, joined Korah's conspiracy against Moses' authority

Mentioned in Numbers 16:1, 16:12, 16:24, 16:25, 16:27, 26:9 Deuteronomy 11:6 Psalms 106:17

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