Genesis 14:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־הַחֹרִ֖י בְּהַרְרָ֣ם שֵׂעִ֑יר עַ֚ד אֵ֣יל פָּארָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾeṯ-ha-ḥōrî bə-harrām śēʿîr ʿaḏ ʾêl pārān ʾăšer ʿal-ham-miḏbār

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾeṯ*: conjunction + direct object marker
*ha-ḥōrî*: definite article + proper noun, people group (Horites)
*bə-harrām*: preposition + common noun with possessive suffix - in their mountain
*śēʿîr*: proper noun, place name (Seir)
*ʿaḏ*: preposition - until/as far as
*ʾêl*: proper noun, place name (El)
*pārān*: proper noun, place name (Paran)
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*ʿal*: preposition - on/beside
*ham-miḏbār*: definite article + common noun - the wilderness

Word Meanings

*bə-harrām*: in their mountain(s)/in the hill country of
*ʾêl pārān*: El-paran/terebinth of Paran

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Referenced Verses

Deut 2:22 : 22 as he did for the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
Gen 21:21 : 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Deut 2:12 : 12 The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which Jehovah gave unto them.)
Num 12:16 : 16 And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
Num 13:3 : 3 And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
Gen 16:7 : 7 And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen 36:8 : 8 And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Gen 36:20-30 : 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, 21 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 23 And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 25 And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran. 27 These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan. 28 These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29 These are the chiefs that came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, 30 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
Num 10:12 : 12 And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.
1 Chr 1:38-42 : 38 And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 39 And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister. 40 The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah. 41 The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.
Hab 3:3 : 3 God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.

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