yar.den is the named Jordan, identified as a river or regional boundary crossed, approached, and located beside in Scripture.

The term consistently names the Jordan as a geographic feature: people cross it to enter or travel between lands, stand or act beside it, and identify places or territory in relation to it.

1. The Jordan as river, boundary, and location marker · dominant

   The Proper noun identifies the geographic feature crossed on the way into the land in Deuteronomy 11:31 and by David's forces in 2 Samuel 17:22. It also marks a place beside which people stand or act: in 2 Kings 2:13 the APB renders Elisha standing "upon the lip of the Jordan," and in 1 Kings 17:3 it locates the wadi Cherith in relation to it. In Deuteronomy 3:17, the APB presents it within a boundary description alongside the Arabah and its border.

   Deuteronomy 11:312 Samuel 17:222 Kings 2:131 Kings 17:3Deuteronomy 3:172 Kings 5:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB usually presents the name as "the Jordan," including crossing it, standing by it, or locating territory in relation to it. Since the APB is a whole-verse translation, its phrasing confirms the geographic setting without assigning every English element directly to the term.