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]

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References
  1. חֹרֹנַיִם
  2. Fincke, Andrew (2001). The Samuel scroll from Qumran : 4qSama restored and compared to the Septuagint and 4Samc. Leiden: Brill. p. 215. ISBN 9004123709.
  3. W. Randall Garr (2004). Dialect Geography of Syria-Palestine, 1000-586 B.C.E. Eisenbrauns. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-57506-091-0. OCLC 1025228731.
  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. Public Domain Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Horonaim". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.; and Strong's Hebrew, both in .


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