Encyclopedia of The Bible – Anamim
Resources chevron-right Encyclopedia of The Bible chevron-right A chevron-right Anamim
Anamim

ANAMIM ăn’ ə mĭm (עֲנָמִ֛ים). A tribe or nation related to the Egyptians and found in the ethnographic lists of Genesis 10:13 and 1 Chronicles 1:11. According to some they were located in upper Egypt, in the modern Chargeh (great oasis); according to others they lived in ancient Cyrenaica.

Bibliography W. F. Albright, JPOS, VIII (1928), 223-256; E. G. Kraeling, Rand McNally Bible Atlas (1956), 231.