(Mount) Hor
hor is the proper name of a mountain reached in Israel’s journey, associated with Aaron’s ascent and death and with a border line.
The term names a particular mountain: the congregation comes to it and departs from it, Aaron is taken up and dies there, and it marks part of a stated border. The supplied occurrences consistently use it as a proper place name rather than for distinct lexical uses.
Senses in use
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A named mountain in travel, death, and border accounts · dominant
The form is tagged as a proper noun throughout. In Numbers 20:22 the APB renders the congregation’s arrival at “Mount Hor,” while Numbers 20:25 and Numbers 20:27 place Aaron, Eleazar, and Moses in the action of going up it. Numbers 33:38 and Numbers 34:7 respectively place Aaron’s death there and use the mountain in marking a northern border.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the place name as “Mount Hor,” including clauses of arrival, ascent, departure, death, and border marking. This consistency confirms the verse-level place reference rather than supplying a separate lexical nuance.