Editing Anem (ancient city)

'''Anem''' or '''Anim''' was a [[Levitical city]] in [[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)|Israel]] allocated to the [[Gershonite|Gershonites]], according to the [[Hebrew Bible]], from the land of the [[tribe of Issachar]] ({{bibleverse|1|Chronicles|6:73|NKJV}}) (6:58 in some Bibles). In the parallel location in the [[Book of Joshua]], the name ''En-gannim'' or ''Engannim'' appears, and the two names may refer to the same town.<ref>{{bibleverse||Joshua|19:21|HE}} and {{bibleverse-nb||Joshua|21:29|HE}}</ref><ref name="DouglasTenney2011" />

The location of Anem is unknown.<ref name="DouglasTenney2011">{{cite book|author1=J. D. Douglas|author2=Merrill C. Tenney|title=Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Tq7UcPMwacC&pg=PA67|date=3 May 2011|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-0-310-49235-1|page=67}}</ref>

[[William F. Albright]] suggested that Anem was the same location as En-gannim, the two spellings being variants of a single original site ''ʕen-ʕonam''.<ref>William F. Albright (1926). "The Topography of the Tribe of Issachar". In ''Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft''. p. 231.</ref> But Hagen Martino (in 1907), claimed that Anem is 'probably a distinct site', near En-gannim.<ref>e.g., Martino (Ed.). ''Atlas Biblicus. Continens Duas Et Viginti Tabulas Quibus Accedit. Index topographicus in Universam Geographam Biblicam'', Paris (Suptibus P. Lethielleux, 1907). Quote: "urbs tribus Issachar, fortasse eadem atque Engannim (Djenin) vel probabilius urbs distincta, vicus ‘Anim inter aquilonem et occidentum ab Engannim.</ref>

==See also==
*For the two locations named En-gannim, one of which may be the same location as Anem, see [[List of minor biblical places#En-gannim]]

==References==
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