John Gill Commentary Joshua 15:49

"and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir)," — Joshua 15:49 (ASV)

And Dannah
Dannah is not mentioned elsewhere,

and Kirjathsannah, which [is] Debir ;
Kirjathsannah had three names, this and Debir, and Kirjathsepher; (See Gill on Joshua 15:15); all which are of much the same signification; for "Sanna" with the Arabs ^F6 , and so with the Phoenicians, signifies law, doctrine, and manner of life; and with the Mahometans the secondary law to the Koran, and answers to the Jewish Misnah; and the Greek version interprets this name "the city of letters". Jerom ^F7 calls it Daenna, and seems to confound it with Dannah.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: "mos vivendi, lex", Golius, col. 1221. Castell. col. 2567. Vid. Bochart. Canaan, 50:2. c. 17. col. 771.
• F7: De loc. Heb. fol. 90. I.