Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 3:9
which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Israel on the plains of Moab, concluding his inventory of the Transjordan territory seized from the two Amorite kings between the Arnon Valley and Mount Hermon.
The words — The text pairs יִקְרְא֥וּ (yik.re.'U) and יִקְרְאוּ (yik.re.'u) with שִׂרְיֹ֑ן (sir.Yon) and שְׂנִֽיר (se.Nir) to document how the Sidonians and Amorites respectively named the same mountain.
The thread — This geographic identifier resurfaces in 1 Chronicles 5:23 as Baal-hermon, Psalm 29:6 as Sirion, and Psalm 133:3 as Hermon.
Why it lands — The verse requires readers to distinguish cultural naming conventions from the underlying topographical reality, preventing conflation of distinct traditions when tracking the location across other biblical passages.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Cross-references
- 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).
- Psalms 29:6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
- 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.
- 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 of the leopards.
- Ezekiel 27:5 They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- Deuteronomy 4:48 extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
- Joshua 11:17 from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
- Psalms 89:12 North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.