zoan (hebrew: צֹועַן "ṣōʕan") was, according to the hebrew bible, a city of egypt in the eastern nile delta. numbers 13:22 says that it was built seven years after hebron was built. psalm 78:12,43 identifies the "field of zoan" as where moses performed miracles before pharaoh to persuade him to release israel from his service. the city is also mentioned in isaiah 19:11, 13, isaiah 30:4 and ezekiel 30:14.