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01886 דֹּתָן Dothan do’-thawn or (Aramaic dual) דתין Dothayin {#Genesis 37:17 דֹּתָ֑יְנָה dōṯāyənāh and בְּדֹתָֽן׃ bəḏōṯān. 2 Kings 6:13 בְדֹתָֽן׃ } do-thah’-yin of uncertain derivation; n pr loc; [BDB-206b] {See TWOT on 2685} AV-Dothan 3; 3
- Dothan= "two wells"
- 1) a famous pasture land where Joseph found his brethren watching their flocks
- 2) a large city in northern Palestine, 12 miles north of Samaria, the home of Elisha