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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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verification. (September 2014) |
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]