Deuteronomy 3:9 BSB

Deuteronomy 3:9

which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
צִידֹנִ֛ים	tzi.do.Nim	[the] Sidonians	H6722 →
יִקְרְא֥וּ	yik.re.'U	they call	H7121 →
לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן	le.cher.Mon	<to> Hermon	H2768 →
שִׂרְיֹ֑ן	sir.Yon	Sirion	H8303 →
וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י	ve.Ha.'e.mo.Ri	and the Amorite[s]	H567 →
יִקְרְאוּ־	yik.re.'u-	they call	H7121 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	<to> it
שְׂנִֽיר׃	se.Nir	Senir	H8149 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 133:3
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
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.
Through
Ezekiel 27:5
They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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 independent paths from here.
Through
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…
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.”
Through
1 Chronicles 5:23
Now 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).
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—

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