(The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
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(The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
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(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 3:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 5:23 The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
- Psalms 29:6 He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.
- Psalms 133:3 like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.
- Song of Solomon 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Ezekiel 27:5 They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- Deuteronomy 4:48-49 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (also called Hermon), and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
- Joshua 11:17 from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to death.
- Psalms 89:12 You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Elsewhere called Mount Gilead, and Libanus or Lebanon, and…
Elsewhere called Mount Gilead, and Libanus or Lebanon, and here
Shenir, and Sirion, and, by abbreviation, Sion, Deu 4:48; which several names are given to this one mountain, partly by several people, and partly in regard of several tops and parts of it, whence
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Shenir and Hermon are mentioned as distinct places, Son 4:8.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion,.... Which name it…
Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion,.... Which name it has in Psa 29:6 a name the inhabitants of Sidon gave it, but for what reason it is not easy to say; however, that it was well known to Tyre and Sidon, appears from snow in summer time being brought to the former, as will be hereafter observed:
and the Amorites call it Shenir; in whose possession it was last. Bochart (k) thinks it had its name from the multitude of wild cats in it, Shunar in the Chaldee tongue being the name of that creature; but Jarchi says Shenir in the Canaanitish language signifies "snow"; so, in the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, it is called the mountain of snow; and the Hebrew who read to Jerom, and taught him, affirmed to him that this mountain hung over Paneas, from whence snow in summer time was brought to Tyre for pleasure (l), and the same is confirmed by Abulfeda (m). There is said to be upon the top of it a famous temple, which is used for worship by the Heathens, over against Paneas and Lebanon (n); and it is highly probable there was one even at this time, when it was possessed by the Amorites, since it is called Mount Baalhermon, Jdg 3:3, from the worship of Baal, or some other idol upon it, as it should seem. Besides these, it had another name, Mount Sion, Deu 4:48 but to be distinguished from Mount Zion near Jerusalem. The names of it in this place are very differently interpreted by Hillerus (o); though he thinks it had them all on account of the snow on it, which was as a net all over it; for Hermon, he observes, signifies a net, a dragnet, and Shenir an apron, and Sirion a coat of mail, all from the covering of this mount with snow.
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(k) Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 3. c. 14. col. 865. (l) De loc. Heb. fol. 88. B, C. (m) Apud Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. par. 2. p. 920. (n) De loc. Heb. fol. 88. B, C. (o) Onomastic. Sacr. p. 561, 562, 786, 929.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sirion - Elsewhere called Mount Gilead, and Lebanon, and…
Sirion - Elsewhere called Mount Gilead, and Lebanon, and here Shenir, and Sirion, which several names are given to this one mountain partly by several people, and partly in regard of several tops and parts of it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. Hermon the Sidonians call - Shenir] I…
Verse 9. Hermon the Sidonians call - Shenir] I suppose this verse to have been a marginal remark, which afterwards got incorporated with the text, or an addition by Joshua or Ezra.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 3:9. Sirion — Elsewhere called mount Gilead, and…
Deu 3:9. Sirion — Elsewhere called mount Gilead, and Lebanon, and here Shenir, and Sirion, which several names were given to this one mountain, partly by several people, and partly in regard of several tops and parts of it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Hermon, the southern and culminating point of the range…
Hermon, the southern and culminating point of the range of Lebanon, was also the religious center of primaeval Syria. Its Baal sanctuaries not only existed but gave it a name before the Exodus. Hence, the careful specification of the various names by which the mountain was known. The Sidonian name of it might easily have become known to Moses through the constant traffic which had gone on from the most ancient times between Sidon and Egypt.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Hermon--now Jebel-Es-Sheick--the majestic hill on which the long and…
Hermon--now Jebel-Es-Sheick--the majestic hill on which the long and elevated range of Anti-Lebanon terminates. Its summit and the ridges on its sides are almost constantly covered with snow. It is not so much one high mountain as a whole cluster of mountain peaks, the highest in Palestine. According to the survey taken by the English Government Engineers in 1840, they were about 9376 feet above the sea. Being a mountain chain, it is no wonder that it should have received different names at different points from the different tribes which lay along the base--all of them designating extraordinary height: Hermon, the lofty peak; "Sirion," or in an abbreviated form "Sion" (Deu 4:48), the upraised, glittering; "Shenir," the glittering breastplate of ice.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. Archaeological Note. As a natural boundary, separating several…
9. Archaeological Note. As a natural boundary, separating several nations, Ḥermôn has a name in the language of each. The Phoenicians, Heb. Ṣidonians, on the W. called it Siriôn (cp. Psa_29:6), the Amorites Senîr, its name in an inscription of Salmanassar II, Sanîru, when he crossed from the coast towards Damascus (Winckler, KAT(3)[114], 44, 190). These names may have been applied to different parts of the long Mt; in 1Ch_5:23, Senîr is joined with, but apparently distinct from, Ḥermôn, cp. Eze_27:5, Son_4:8; and Arab, geographers gave the name Jebel Sanîr to the part between Ba‘albeḳ and Ḥoms.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Sirion.—(Sion,Deut.448.) Sirion, or Shirion, and Shenir, are thought…
(9) Sirion.—(Sion,Deut.448.) Sirion, or Shirion, and Shenir, are thought to have similar meanings. But the Targum inteprets Shenir as the “rock of snow.” Shirion, according to Gesenius, means “glittering like a breastplate.” It would not be safe to assert that the mention of the Sidonian name of Hermon makes this verse an addition after Israel was in Palestine, though it might be so. The Jewish commentator Rashi points out that, including the name Sion (Deu_4:48), “this mountain has four names. Why mention them? To declare the praise of the land of Israel, which had four kingdoms glorifying themselves in it, and each of them saying, ‘It is called after my name!’” But there are several notes of this kind in the Pentateuch. (See Gen_23:2; Gen_31:47; Num_13:22; also Jos_14:15.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:9 The alternative names Sirion and Senir suggest that…
3:9 The alternative names Sirion and Senir suggest that Hermon was perhaps a later name given by the Israelites. Hermon is apparently related to the verb kharam, which means “to destroy” (see study note on 2:34), and perhaps describes the destruction summarized in 3:3-7.
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