Sanasib
LocationsGeographical Setting
Sanasib is a place name appearing in the list of returning exiles in 1 Esdras 5:24, likely corresponding to the location known as Senaah or Senir in the parallel accounts of Ezra 2:35 and Nehemiah 7:38.
What is the meaning of Sanasib in the Bible?
The name Sanasib appears exclusively in 1 Esdras 5:24 within the genealogical list of the returned exiles, where it is absent from the parallel passages in Ezra 2:35 and Nehemiah 7:38, which instead list Senaah.
SIGNIFICANCE
Recognizing Sanasib as a textual variant for Senaah clarifies the geographical scope of the post-exilic community and demonstrates the textual variations preserved in the Septuagint tradition compared to the Masoretic text.
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Source Attribution
Built upon the 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia and Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897). Entries have been modernized, checked for academic truthfulness, and shortened for clarity.