RESEN re’ zən (רֶ֔סֶן, LXX Δασή; prob. Hebraized form of Assyrian reš eni meaning head of spring.

Most regard it as a place name designating an Assyrian city built by Asshur between Nineveh and Calah. No city of suitable prominence has been identified in this area. Some scholars proposed it be identified with the Assyrian village Resh-eni mentioned by Sennacherib in connection with his work to supply Nineveh with water, and situated NE of Nineveh. T. Jacobsen did not consider this identification very plausible (IDB, IV, 36). E. A. Speiser did not consider it a place name but regarded it as a parenthetic description of some impressive engineering or military construction—perhaps some kind of water works (Anchor Bible: Genesis [1964], 68).