Deuteronomy 3:9
in Deuteronomy 3which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
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ASV
(which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir);
KJV
(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
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This verse in Deuteronomy 3
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hermon, the southern and culminating point of the range of Lebanon, was also the religious center of primaeval Syria. Its Baal sanctuaries not only existed but gave it a name before the Exodus. Hence, the careful specification of the various names by which the mountain was known. The Sidonian name of it might easily have become known to Moses through the constant traffic which had gone on from the most ancient times between Sidon and Egypt.
This site's exposition
the two kings of the Amorites
on Deuteronomy 3:8-10
The territory is measured by its edges, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon, which is the whole eastern side of Jordan taken in one sentence. Verse 9 stops to give the mountain its other names, Sirion among the Sidonians and Shenir among the Amorites, and Psalm 29:6 uses Sirion for it. Albert Barnes points out that Hermon carried Baal sanctuaries and was a religious centre of old Syria, so the aside names a peak readers of several nations would have known under their own word for it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Sirion - Elsewhere called Mount Gilead, and Lebanon, and here Shenir, and Sirion, which several names are given to this one mountain partly by several people, and partly in regard of several tops and parts of it.
Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion,.... Which name it has in Psa 29:6 a name the inhabitants of Sidon gave it, but for what reason it is not easy to say; however, that it was well known to Tyre and Sidon, appears from snow in summer time being brought to the former, as will be hereafter observed: and the Amorites call it Shenir; in whose possession it was last.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Hermon--now Jebel-Es-Sheick--the majestic hill on which the long and elevated range of Anti-Lebanon terminates. Its summit and the ridges on its sides are almost constantly covered with snow. It is not so much one high mountain as a whole cluster of mountain peaks, the highest in Palestine.
Hermon the Sidonians call - Shenir - I suppose this verse to have been a marginal remark, which afterwards got incorporated with the text, or an addition by Joshua or Ezra.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צִידֹנִ֛ים | tzidonim | [the] Sidonians | H6722 → | |
| יִקְרְא֥וּ | yikreu | they call | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן | lechermon | <to> Hermon | H2768 → | 13 times |
| שִׂרְיֹ֑ן | siryon | Sirion | H8303 → | |
| וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י | vehaemori | and the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| יִקְרְאוּ־ | yikreu- | they call | H7121 → | 733 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | <to> it | ||
| שְׂנִֽיר׃ | senir | Senir | H8149 → |
צִידֹנִ֛ים[the] Sidonians
tzidonimH6722 →
יִקְרְא֥וּthey call
yikreuH7121 →733 times
לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן<to> Hermon
lechermonH2768 →13 times
שִׂרְיֹ֑ןSirion
siryonH8303 →
וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔יand the Amorite[s]
vehaemoriH567 →87 times
יִקְרְאוּ־they call
yikreu-H7121 →733 times
ל֖וֹ<to> it
lo
שְׂנִֽיר׃Senir
senirH8149 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:8
The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
- Leviticus 25:21
But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.
- Psalms 42:8
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Deuteronomy 4:48
extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
- 1 John 5:11
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- Deuteronomy 28:8
Through
Ezekiel 27:5They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 4:8
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Song of Solomon 4:8
Through
Song of Solomon 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains…
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:13
The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
- Song of Solomon 2:13
Through
1 Chronicles 5:23Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:8–9
At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
- Deuteronomy 3:8–9
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.