ANATH, ā’ năth (עֲנָ֔ת). The father of Shamgar, who was one of the judges in Israel (Judg 3:31; 5:6). Anath was the name of the goddess of war at Ugarit. She was believed to be the sister and wife of Baal.

Bibliography W. F. Albright, AJSL, XLI (1925), 73-101; C. Gordon, The Loves and Wars of Anat (1943); W. F. Albright, Archaeology and the Religion of Israel (1953), 74ff. 111, 195, 219.