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za-nō´a (×–× ×•×—, zaÌ„noÌ„ahÌ£; Codex Vaticanus ΤανωÌ, TanoÌ„Ì; Codex Alexandrinus ΖανωÌ, ZanoÌ„Ì):
(1) A town in the Judean Shephelah, grouped with Eshtaol, Zorah and Ashnah (). The Jews reoccupied the place after the exile (). Here it is named between Jarmuth and Adullam. The inhabitants assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, repairing the valley gate (). Eusebius (in Onomasticon) places it at Zanna, in the district of Eleutheropolis on the Jerusalem road. It is represented by the modern Zanu'a, about 10 miles North of Belt Jibrin (Eleutheropolis).
(2) (Codex Vaticanus ΖακαναειÌμ, ZakanaeıÌm; Codex Alexandrinus ΖανωÌ, ZanoÌ„Ì): A place in the mountains () of which Jekuthiel was the “father†or founder (). It may be identified with ZenuÌ„taÌ„, a ruined site on a hill about 12 miles South of Hebron.