BDB6512 [H6290]

פָּארָן proper name, of a location Paran, Φαραν (compare proper name פארן Sinaitic Inscription); — usually ׳מִדְבַּר פ home of Ishmael Gen 21:21 (E), traversed by Israel in Exodus Num 12:16 (E), Num 10:12; Num 13:2; Num 13:26 (all P); it lay northeast from (the traditional) Sinai, with Gulf of Akaba and the ± Arabah as its east border; in the same region was ׳הַר פ Deut 33:2; Hab 3:3, — perhaps coast-range of mountains along west shore of Gulf of Akaba; ׳פ alone 1Kgs 11:18 (twice in verse) (between Midian and Egypt); Deut 1:1 (location dubious). — 1Sam 25:1 see II. מָעוֺן below עון. — See RobBR i, 177 f. PalmerDesert of Exodus, 284 ff., Di DrDt.


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