Haran or Aran (Hebrew: הָרָן Hārān)[3] is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.[4] He died in Ur of the Chaldees, was a son of Terah, and brother of Abraham. Through his son Lot, Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites.
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Haran and his family
Terah, a descendant of Shem son of Noah, 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 in Mesopotamia. Besides Lot and Milcah, Haran fathered a daughter Iscah.[6]
After Haran died in Ur of the Chaldees 'before his father Terah', his family travelled towards Canaan, the Promised Land. However, Terah stopped at Charan (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
The name Haran possibly comes from the Hebrew word har, = "mountain", with a West Semitic suffix appearing with proper names, anu/i/a.[9] Thus, it has been suggested that Haran may mean "mountaineer".[10] Personal names which resemble Haran include ha-ri and ha-ru, from texts of second millennium BC Mari and Alalakh, and ha-ar-ri, from one of the Amarna letters—but their meanings are uncertain.[11][12][13] The initial element of Haran can be found in the Phoenician personal name hr-b`l, and also in the Israelite personal name hryhw from Gibeon.[13]
Others called Haran
Haran 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 of David and Solomon (1Chronicles 23:1–9).
See also
References
- ^ Genesis 11:29
- ^ Genesis 20:12
- ^ Freedman, Meyers & Beck. Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible ISBN 978-0-8028-2400-4, 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
- ^ a b Alexander & Baker. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch, 2002, p. 380
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