Horonaim

Horonaim (Hebrew: חוֹרֹנַיִם‎ Ḥōrōnayīm)^[1] is a city in Moab, mentioned in two Hebrew Bible oracles against the nation of Moab: in the Book of Jeremiah (48), and in the Book of Isaiah, (15). In 2 Samuel (13:34), an addition from the Septuagint text (ὁδοῦ τῆς ῾Ωρωνῆν) is sometimes translated as Horonaim (in e.g. NIV, ISV), although it possibly derives from as little as a preposition.^[2]

There is some reason to identify Horonaim with the city Horonan (Moabite: 𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤍𐤍 *Ḥawrānān),^[3] named in the Mesha Stele (lines 31 and 32).^[4] The name may derive from the god Horon,^[5] or from Western Semitic words for cave, cavern, hollow or valley.^[6]

References

^ חֹרֹנַיִם
^ Fincke, Andrew (2001). The Samuel scroll from Qumran : 4qSam^a restored and compared to the Septuagint and 4Sam^c. Leiden: Brill. p. 215. ISBN 9004123709.
^ Garr, W. Randall (2004). Dialect Geography of Syria-Palestine, 1000-586 B.C.E. Eisenbrauns. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-57506-091-0. OCLC 1025228731.
^ Hallo, William W.; Younger, K. Lawson, eds. (2003). The Context of Scripture: Canonical compositions, monumental inscriptions and archival documents from the biblical world. Vol. II. BRILL. p. 138, note g. ISBN 1423714490.
^ van der Toorn, Karel; Becking, Bob; Willem van der Horst, Pieter (1999). "Horon". Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Eerdmans. p. 425. ISBN 9780802824912.
^ Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Horonaim". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.; and Strong's Hebrew, both in [1].

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[1] חֹרֹנַיִם

[4QSam-a_brill-2] Fincke, Andrew (2001). The Samuel scroll from Qumran : 4qSam^a restored and compared to the Septuagint and 4Sam^c. Leiden: Brill. p. 215. ISBN 9004123709.

[Garr2004-3] Garr, W. Randall (2004). Dialect Geography of Syria-Palestine, 1000-586 B.C.E. Eisenbrauns. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-57506-091-0. OCLC 1025228731.

[cos-4] Hallo, William W.; Younger, K. Lawson, eds. (2003). The Context of Scripture: Canonical compositions, monumental inscriptions and archival documents from the biblical world. Vol. II. BRILL. p. 138, note g. ISBN 1423714490.

[5] van der Toorn, Karel; Becking, Bob; Willem van der Horst, Pieter (1999). "Horon". Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Eerdmans. p. 425. ISBN 9780802824912.

[6] Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Horonaim". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.; and Strong's Hebrew, both in [1].

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