Zoan

Zoan or Tso'an (Hebrew: צֹועַן Ṣōʕan) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a city of Egypt in the eastern Nile delta. Numbers 13:23 says that it was built seven years after Hebron was built. Psalm 78:12,43 identifies the "field of Zoan" as where Moses performed miracles before Pharaoh to persuade him to release Israel from his service.^[1] The city is also mentioned in Isaiah 19:11, 13, Isaiah 30:4 and Ezekiel 30:14.

The Greek Septuagint in all of these verses uses the Greek name Τάνις Tánis; both Tanis and Tso'an are ultimately derived from the Ancient Egyptian name for Tanis, ḏꜥn.t (Bohairic Coptic ϫⲁⲛⲓ; Sahidic Coptic ϫⲁⲁⲛⲉ; Modern Arabic صان Ṣan). The mentions in Isaiah and Ezekiel correspond with Tanis.

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^ Brugsch, Heinrich Karl (21 May 2015). A history of Egypt under the pharaohs, derived entirely from the monuments : to which is added a memoir on the Exodus of the Israelites and the Egyptian monuments. Cambridge University Press. p. 394. ISBN 1108084737.

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[1] Brugsch, Heinrich Karl (21 May 2015). A history of Egypt under the pharaohs, derived entirely from the monuments : to which is added a memoir on the Exodus of the Israelites and the Egyptian monuments. Cambridge University Press. p. 394. ISBN 1108084737.

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