cha.ran is the proper name of a place reached, left, approached, and named among other lands in Scripture.

The attested proper noun names a location: people settle there, die there, depart from it, flee or travel toward it, and identify themselves as being from it in Genesis 11:31, Genesis 11:32, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 28:10, and Genesis 29:4. It also appears in lists of lands and trading places in 2 Kings 19:12, Isaiah 37:12, and Ezekiel 27:23.

1. A named location · dominant

   All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same kind of referent, a place. In Genesis 11:31 the APB renders the travelers as coming as far as Haran and settling there; Genesis 12:4 and Genesis 12:5 place Abram's departure and acquired persons in relation to it, while Genesis 27:43 and Genesis 28:10 describe travel to or toward it. In 2 Kings 19:12, Isaiah 37:12, and Ezekiel 27:23, the APB includes it among named lands or trading places.

   Genesis 11:31Genesis 12:4Genesis 12:5Genesis 27:432 Kings 19:12Ezekiel 27:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently writes “Haran” for the place name, placing it after movement, residence, origin, death, and trade-related clauses. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these surrounding English phrases show the verse context rather than separate renderings of the term.