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According to the Hebrew Bible, Zoan ( Ṣōʿan) was a city of Egypt in the eastern Nile delta. Book of Numbers 13:22 says that it was built seven years after Hebron was built. Psalm 78:12,43 identifies the "field of Zoan" as the location where Moses performed before a biblical Pharaoh to persuade him to release the Israelites from his service. (2025). 9781108084734, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108084734 The city is also mentioned in Book of Isaiah 19:11, , and Book of Ezekiel 30:14.
The Greek Septuagint in all of these verses uses the Greek name Tánis (). Both Tanis and Tso'an are ultimately derived from the Ancient Egyptian name for Tanis, ḏꜥn.t (Bohairic Coptic language ϫⲁⲛⲓ; Sahidic Coptic ϫⲁⲁⲛⲉ; Modern Arabic صان Ṣan).
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