Dothan

Genesis 37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan (דֹּתָ֑יְנָה dōṯāyənāh). And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan (בְּדֹתָֽן׃ bəḏōṯān).

Is Dothan a place or a way?

The word Dothan defined and number here in Genesis 37 is numbered "01886 דֹּתָן ‎ Dothan do’-thawn or (Aramaic dual) דתין‎ Dothayin Genesis 37:17 דֹּתָ֑יְנָה dōṯāyənāh and בְּדֹתָֽן׃ bəḏōṯān.

The base word דֹּתָן ‎ Dothan DaletTavNun is commonly admitted that Dothan is "of uncertain derivation".

Yet, it is said to literally that Dothan means "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

The different spellings and other similar words should create a debate as to what the author is seeking to create or impart.

• 01881 דָּת‎ dath decree, law, edict, regulation, "fiery law"
• 01882 דָּת‎ dath means to decree, law;
• 01884 דְּתָבָר‎ dëthabar is lawyer, interpreter of decrees, judge.
• 01885 דָּתָן‎ Dathan a Reubenite chief and Deuteronomy 33:2 and the fiery law
• 01886 דֹּתָן ‎ Dothan, said to be a place.

Why were the sons of Jacob who already had an evil report about their deed concerning what Israel saw to be righteous practices with those he shepherd go to a place that happened to have the name Dothan דֹּתָן in Genesis 37:17?

Were the sons making and decreeing an exercising authority over the people like the other nation in contradistinction to the ways of Abraham, Israel, Moses, and Jesus who was the Christ and a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek?

The meaning of the letters:

• ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
• ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
• ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
• נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
• ה Hey Expression, Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

Like the servants of Abimelech while doing contrary to Melchizedek and who filled in the wells of Abraham by providing for the people with a civil corban were the sons of Jacob dipping from to wells like Korah and Dathan with Moses?

Dathan in Numbers 16, was one of the leaders who rebelled against Moses and Aaron alongside Korah and Abiram. He and his followers challenged the authority of Moses and Aaron, claiming that all the Israelites were holy and that Moses had elevated himself above the congregation. This act of rebellion was seen as a direct challenge to God's appointed leadership. As a result, Dathan, along with Korah and Abiram and their families, was swallowed by the earth as divine punishment for their insurrection.

Dathan's wrongdoing was thus rooted in pride, rebellion against divinely ordained system set up by Moses and his altars, and inciting unrest among the people.