The meaning of “אָטָד”
Understanding ʼâṭâd reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Atad, bramble, thorn. - a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn) 1) bramble, thorn, buckthorn 2) the threshing Atad, mean...
אָטָד
Atad, bramble, thorn. - a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn) 1) bramble, thorn, buckthorn 2) the threshing Atad, meaning thorn, also called Abelmizraim and afterwards called Bethhogla was located on the west of Jordan between the Jordan and Jericho
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 50:10 | “And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.” Word: אָטָד (ʼâṭâd) | |
| Genesis 50:11 | “And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.” Word: אָטָד (ʼâṭâd) | |
| Judges 9:14 | “Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.” Word: אָטָד (ʼâṭâd) | |
| Judges 9:15 | “And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.” Word: אָטָד (ʼâṭâd) | |
| Psalms 58:9 | “Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.” Word: אָטָד (ʼâṭâd) |