Allon

The name Allon belongs to a man in the Simeonite genealogies. The same Hebrew word also stands behind a Naphtali border landmark, which UPDV renders as "the oak in Zaanannim."

Allon Son of Jedaiah, in the Simeonite Genealogy

Allon appears in the Simeonite line as a link in the chain of fathers leading down to Ziza: "and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah" (1Ch 4:37). The verse names him without further description, set into a five-generation patronymic.

The Oak in Zaanannim, on the Border of Naphtali

The Naphtali border-list at Jos 19:33 reads: "And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum; and the goings out of it were at the Jordan." UPDV translates the underlying Hebrew (the same word that elsewhere stands as a personal name) as "the oak in Zaanannim" — a tree-landmark fixing one corner of the tribal allotment.