HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8149
שְׂנִיר
she.nir — Senir
Senir or Shenir = "snow mountain" the Amorite name for Mount Hermon Another name of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)
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Senir
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
=Shenir, the name given to Hermon by the Amorites (Deut. 3:9). It means “coat of mail” or “breastplate,” and is equivalent to “Sirion.” Some interpret the word as meaning “the prominent” or “the snowy mountain.” It is properly the name of the central of the three summits of Hermon (q.v.).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.