חָרָן

I. חָרָן proper name, of a location city in northern Mesopotamia (Assyrian —arrânu = road, path COT^Gloss; compare Dl^{Pa 185}; Jen^{Kosmologie 28} 'junction of trading-routes' = cross-roads) — mentioned as city of Abram's sojourn 1 Mos 11,31, where his father Terah died v1 Mos 11,32, and whence he departed for Canaan 1 Mos 12,4; 1 Mos 12,5 where Laban, Jacob's uncle, lived, and whither Jacob fled 1 Mos 27,43; 1 Mos 28,10 (both חָרָ֫נָה), 1 Mos 29,4 as conquered by fathers of Sennacherib 2 Kong 19,12 = Es 37,12 as place of trade Ezk 27,23 Assyrian –arrana (-ni), Schr^COT on 1 Mos 11,31; 1 Mos 27,43 ᵐ5 Χαρραν. It was an ancient seat of worship of moon-god (Sin), see Schr^{KG 355, 596}; see further Chwolsohn^{Ssabier i, 303 ff.} Wüstenfeld^{ZMG 1864, 443 f.} Schr^{KG 355, 536} Sachau^{Reise 217 ff.} Mez^{Geschichte. d. Stadt Harran, 1892}.