Numbers 34:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And the limits shall go as far as Zephrona, and the village of Enan. These shall be the borders on the north side.
Douay-Rheims

וְיָצָ֤א הַגְּבֻל֙ זִפְרֹ֔נָה וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָ֑ן זֶֽה־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֥וּל צָפֽוֹן׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Jerome of Stridon

4th centuryChurch Father

The boundaries will extend to Zephron, a city now referred to as Zephyr, located in Cilicia. Additionally, there is the city of Enam, which in Hebrew is known as Aser-enon or Enan, and this too is situated in the current region.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Ezek 47:17And the border from the sea even to the court of Enan, shall be the border of Damascus, and from the north to the north: the border of Emath, this is the north side.