Kannot

Kannot
כַּנּוֹת
Kannot
Coordinates: 31°48′8.27″N 34°45′8.64″E / 31.8022972°N 34.7524000°E / 31.8022972; 34.7524000Coordinates: 31°48′8.27″N 34°45′8.64″E / 31.8022972°N 34.7524000°E / 31.8022972; 34.7524000
District Southern
Council Be'er Tuvia
Founded 1952
Founded by Histadrut Workers' Council
Population (2017)[1] 433
Name meaning Seedlings
Website kannot.org.il

Kannot (Hebrew: כַּנּוֹת, eng. Seedlings) is an educational institution and youth village in central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 433.[1]

Etymology

It is named after an occasional word, just mentioned once: in the Bible in Psalm 80:16:[2] (God, watch over) "the seedling your right hand has planted".

History

The village was founded in 1952 by the Workers' Council of the Histadrut, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.211 (Location of the book: Ben Zvi Institute Library, 12 Abarbanel St., Jerusalem; in the online-catalogue: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-07-29. )
    Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.31, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
  3. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 363. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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