Abarim

Coordinates: 31°45′14″N 35°42′55″E / 31.7539°N 35.7152°E / 31.7539; 35.7152
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Abarim
Madaba Hills from Mount Nebo at sunrise
Highest point
Elevation710 m (2,330 ft)
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Naming
Native nameהָעֲבָרִים (Hebrew)
Geography
Abarim is located in Jordan
Abarim
Abarim is located in Middle East
Abarim
Abarim is located in Asia
Abarim
CountryJordan
Range coordinates31°45′14″N 35°42′55″E / 31.7539°N 35.7152°E / 31.7539; 35.7152

Abarim (Hebrew: הָעֲבָרִים, romanizedHā-Avārīm)[1][2] is the Hebrew name used in the Bible for a mountain range "across the Jordan", understood as east of the Jordan Rift Valley, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.

Etymology and description[edit]

According to Cheyne and Black, its Hebrew meaning is "'Those-on-the-other-side'—i.e., of the Jordan."[3] The Vulgate (Deuteronomy 32:49) gives its etymological meaning as passages.[4] Its northern part was called Pisgah, and the highest peak of Pisgah was Mount Nebo (Numbers 23:14; 27:12; 21:20; 32:47; Deuteronomy 3:27; 34:1; 32:49).

These mountains are mentioned several times in the Bible:

See also[edit]

  • Biblical names for geographical features possibly part of "Abarim"
    • Mount Seir, the ancient name for the mountainous region between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba; modern Jibāl ash-Sharāh
  • Modern names for geographical features possibly synonymous or contained in "Abarim"
    • Al-Sharat or Ash-Sharāh, a highland region in modern-day southern Jordan and northwestern Saudi Arabia
    • Jibāl ash-Sharāh (see Mount Seir), with Petra, Jebe Harun/Mount Aaron, etc.
    • Jebel Proywe, Jordanian mountain north of Little Petra
    • Petra (ancient Reqem/Reqmu/Rakmu) in Seir
    • Jebel Harun, or southern Mount Hor near Petra, with the alleged tomb of Aaron
  • Related geographical features

References[edit]

  1. ^ According to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), the Hebrew Avarim appears in both the phrase har Ha-Avarim "mountain Abarim," and harei Ha-Avarim, "mountains of Abarim."
  2. ^ According to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), the Septuagint (Greek) equivalent is to oros to Abarim, and en to peran tou Iordanou. Cheyne and Black's Encyclopaedia Biblica (1899) gives alternate spellings Abarin and Abareim, and discusses its Septuagint equivalents involving the word peran in somewhat greater detail.
  3. ^ Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, "Abarim."
  4. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) entry for "Abarim."
Sources
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Abarim". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainEaston, Matthew George (1897). "Abarim". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
  • Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Abarim" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.

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