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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Shenir
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
=Senir, (Deut. 3:9; Cant. 4:8), the name given to Mount Hermon (q.v.) by the Sidonians.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.