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Horonaim ( Hebrew: חוֹרֹנַיִם Ḥōrōnayīm) [1] is a city in Moab, mentioned in two Hebrew Bible oracles against the nation of Moab: in the Book of Jeremiah ( 48), and in the Book of Isaiah, ( 15). In 2 Samuel ( 13:34), an addition from the Septuagint text (ὁδοῦ τῆς ῾Ωρωνῆν) is sometimes translated as Horonaim (in e.g. NIV, ISV), although it possibly derives from as little as a preposition. [2]

There is some reason to identify Horonaim with the city Horonan ( Moabite: 𐤇𐤅𐤓𐤍𐤍 *Ḥawrānān), [3] named in the Mesha Stele (lines 31 and 32). [4] The name may derive from the god Horon, [5] or from Western Semitic words for cave, cavern, hollow or valley. [6]

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  1. ^ חֹרֹנַיִם
  2. ^ Fincke, Andrew (2001). The Samuel scroll from Qumran : 4qSama restored and compared to the Septuagint and 4Samc. Leiden: Brill. p. 215. ISBN  9004123709.
  3. ^ W. Randall Garr (2004). Dialect Geography of Syria-Palestine, 1000-586 B.C.E. Eisenbrauns. pp. 37–. ISBN  978-1-57506-091-0. OCLC  1025228731.
  4. ^ Hallo, William W; Younger, K. Lawson, eds. (2003). The Context of Scripture: Canonical compositions, monumental inscriptions and archival documents from the biblical world. Vol. II. Brill. p. 138, note g. ISBN  1423714490.
  5. ^ van der Toorn, Karel; Becking, Bob; Willem van der Horst, Pieter (1999). "Horon". Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Eerdmans. p. 425. ISBN  9780802824912.
  6. ^ Public Domain  Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Horonaim". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.; and Strong's Hebrew, both in [1].