פָּארָן

פָּארָן proper name, of a location Paran, Φαραν (compare proper name פארן Sinaitic Inscription); — usually ׳מִדְבַּר פ home of Ishmael 1 Mos 21,21 (E), traversed by Israel in Exodus 4 Mos 12,16 (E), 4 Mos 10,12; 4 Mos 13,2; 4 Mos 13,26 (all P); it lay northeast from (the traditional) Sinai, with Gulf of Akaba and the ± Arabah as its east border; in the same region was ׳הַר פ 5 Mos 33,2; Hab 3,3, — perhaps coast-range of mountains along west shore of Gulf of Akaba; ׳פ alone 1 Kong 11,18 (twice in verse) (between Midian and Egypt); 5 Mos 1,1 (location dubious). — 1 Sam 25,1 see II. מָעוֺן below עון. — See Rob^{BR i, 177 f.} Palmer^{Desert of Exodus, 284 ff.}, Di Dr^Dt.