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title: חָרָן — Haran · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרָן (lemma:חָרָן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Haran. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרָן

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«חָרָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Haran** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** lemma:חָרָן · **BDB:** חָרָן

### Glosses

Haran (8); to (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Haran [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b8_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b8_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city in northern Mesopotamia (Assyrian ḫarrânu = road, path COTGloss.; cf. DlPa 185; JensenKosmologie 28 ‘junction of trading-routes’ = cross-roads)—mentioned as city of Abram’s sojourn Gn 11:31, where his father Teraḥ died v 32, and whence he departed for Canaan 12:4, 5; where Laban, Jacob’s uncle, lived, and whither Jacob fled 27:43; 28:10 (both חָרָ֫נָה), 29:4; as conquered by fathers of Sennacherib 2 K 19:12 = Is 37:12; as place of trade Ez 27:23; Assyrian Ḫarrana (-ni), SchrCOT on Gn 11:31; 27:43 𝔊 Χαρραν. It was an ancient seat of worship of moon-god (Sin), v. SchrKG 355, 536; see further ChwolsohnSsabier i, 303 ff. WüstenfeldZMG 1864, 443 f. SchrKG 355, 536 SachauReise 217 ff. Mez Gesch. d. Stadt Harran, 1892.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b8_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.23/)

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חָרָ֤ן וְכַנֵּה֙ וָעֶ֔דֶן רֹכְלֵ֖י שְׁבָ֑א אַשּׁ֖וּר כִּלְמַ֥ד רֹכַלְתֵּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* Haran and Canneh and Eden the.traders of.Sheba Asshur Chilmad \[was\].your trader

*JPS 1917:* Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.

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[Genesis 28:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.28.10/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב מִבְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע בְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ חָרָֽנָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Jacob from Beer Sheba and he.went to Haran

*JPS 1917:* And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

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