Lexicon
שְׂנִיר
she.nir
H8149
N:N--L Hebrew

Senir

4
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

she.nir is a proper place name used for a mountain or mountainous locality, including an Amorite name for Mount Hermon.

The attested uses present she.nir as a proper geographical name: it is identified as the Amorite name for Mount Hermon and also names a location in territorial, mountainous, and timber-source settings.

Senses in use

  1. Named mountain or mountainous locality · dominant

    The form is tagged as a proper noun in every occurrence. In Deuteronomy 3:9 the APB renders the clause that the Amorites call Mount Hermon “Senir”; 1 Chronicles 5:23 places it beside Baal-hermon and Mount Hermon, Song of Songs 4:8 names its head with Hermon, and Ezekiel 27:5 presents it as the source of cypresses.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB preserves “Senir” as a place name in all four verses, while presenting it as an Amorite designation for Mount Hermon in Deuteronomy 3:9. Its surrounding wording only confirms the geographical settings.

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