Lexicon
שִׂרְיֹן
shir.yon
H8303
N:N--L Hebrew

Sirion

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shir.yon is a proper name used for a place identified alongside Mount Hermon and pictured with Lebanon.

The attested uses present shir.yon as a proper place name: Deuteronomy 3:9 names it in connection with Mount Hermon, and Psalm 29:6 places it beside Lebanon in poetic imagery.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name associated with Mount Hermon and Lebanon · dominant

    Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Deuteronomy 3:9 the APB renders a naming statement in which Sidonians call Mount Hermon “Sirion”; in Psalm 29:6 it renders Sirion beside Lebanon as they are made to skip like a calf.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Sirion” in both verses. It confirms the verses' naming and poetic contexts without supplying a separate lexical definition.

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