HaranorAran(Hebrew:הָרָןHārān)[3]is a man in theBook of Genesisin theHebrew Bible.[4]He died inUr of the Chaldees,was a son ofTerah,and brother ofAbraham.Through his sonLot,Haran was the ancestor of theMoabitesandAmmonites.
Haran | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Died | |
| Other names | Aran |
| Children | Lot(son),Milcah(daughter),Iscah(daughter) |
| Parent | Terah(father) |
| Relatives | |
Haran and his family
editTerah,a descendant ofShemson ofNoah,was the father of Abram/Abraham, Sarai/Sarah,Nahor,and Haran.[5]Their home's location is not certain, but it is usually supposed to have been inMesopotamia.Besides Lot andMilcah,Haran fathered a daughterIscah.[6]
After Haran died in Ur of the Chaldees 'before his father Terah', his family travelled towardsCanaan,thePromised Land.However, Terah stopped atCharan (or Haran [Hebrew חָרָן, Ḥārān])and settled there, as did Nahor and Milcah, whereas Lot accompanied Abraham and others onwards to Canaan.[7][8]
Etymology
editThe nameHaranpossibly comes from the Hebrew wordhar,= "mountain", with aWest Semiticsuffix appearing with proper names,anu/i/a.[9]Thus, it has been suggested thatHaranmay mean "mountaineer".[10]Personal names which resembleHaranincludeha-riandha-ru,from texts of second millennium BCMariandAlalakh,andha-ar-ri,from one of theAmarna letters—but their meanings are uncertain.[11][12][13]The initial element ofHarancan be found in thePhoenicianpersonal namehr-b`l,and also in theIsraelitepersonal namehryhwfromGibeon.[13]
Others called Haran
editHaran is the English name of two other people mentioned in the Bible.
- Haran, son of Caleb(Hebrew:חָרָן–Ḥārān) (1Chronicles 2:46).
- Haran, son of Shimei(Hebrew:הָרָן–Hārān). He was a Levite who lived in the time ofDavidandSolomon(1Chronicles 23:1–9).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Genesis 11:29
- ^Genesis 20:12
- ^Freedman, Meyers & Beck.Eerdmans dictionary of the BibleISBN978-0-8028-2400-4,2000, p.551
- ^Genesis 11:27–32
- ^Genesis 11:10–27
- ^Genesis 11:29
- ^Genesis 11:28–12:5
- ^Eerdmans dictionary,p. 997
- ^D. Sivan,Grammatical Analysis and Glossary of the Northwest Semitic Vocables in Akkadian Texts of the 15th–13th C., BC from Canaan and Syria,1984, p.97–98
- ^A Dictionary of the Bible:Dealing with its Language,Vol. 1, 1899, p.301
- ^H. Huffmon,Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Archives: A Structural and Lexical Study,1965, p.204
- ^D. Sivan,Grammatical Analysis of Northwest Semitic Vocables,p. 222
- ^abAlexander & Baker.Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch,2002, p. 380