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pāʾrān פָּארָן ‘Paran’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from pāʾar פָּאַר ‘to beautify / to re-harvest’
Roots: פאר

pāʾrān pr n loc
Paran = "place of caverns"
1) wilderness area bounded on the north by Palestine, on the west by the wilderness of Etham, on the south by the desert of Sinai, and on the east by the valley of Arabah; the exodus was through this area and probably all 18 stops were in this area

Mentioned in Genesis 21:21 Numbers 13:26, 12:16, 13:3, 10:12 Deuteronomy 1:1, 33:2 1 Samuel 25:1 1 Kings 11:18 Habakkuk 3:3

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