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ḥārān חָרָן ‘Haran’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥārar חָרַר ‘to scorch’
Roots: חרר
Variants: חָרָן, חָרָן

ḥārān Apr n loc Bpr n m pers
AHaran = "mountaineer"
n pr loc
1) the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates
BHaran = "mountaineer"
n pr m
1) a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah

Mentioned in Genesis 11:31, 12:4, 12:5, 27:43, 29:4, 28:10, 11:32 2 Kings 19:12 Isaiah 37:12 Ezekiel 27:23 1 Chronicles 2:46

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