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MATTANAH

(Heb. mattānâ)

The first of the encampment sites in the Exodus itinerary (Num. 21:18-20) which follow Israel’s song (vv. 17-18) of Yahweh’s provision of well-water at Beer (cf. the meaning of the name, “gift, donation”). The context places Mattanah, understood by most scholars as a Moabite place name, E of the Jordan and beyond the Brook Zered (Num. 21:12) as far as the valley of the Arnon River (vv. 13-15). Its precise location is unknown, but a possibility is Khirbet el-Medeiyineh (236110), ca. 19 km. (12 mi.) SE of Medeba.

Bibliography. N. Glueck, Explorations in Eastern Palestine I. AASOR 14 (Baltimore, 1933-34); J. R. Kautz, “Tracking the Ancient Moabites,” BA 44 (1981): 27-35; A. H. Van Zyl, The Moabites. Pretoria Oriental Series 3 (Leiden, 1960).

Robert Delsnyder






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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