Lexical Definition

‎הָרָא‎ Hârâʼ (haw-raw') Hara ^N:N--L
perhaps from ‎הַר‎; mountainousness

Hara.

• § Hara = "mountain land"
• Hara, a region of Media

1) a place of exile in Assyria

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הָרָא‎ proper name, of a location 1Chr 5:26 but read ‎עָרֵי מָרַי‎ compare Schr^{KGF 430}, see || 2Kgs 17:6; 2Kgs 18:11.

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Hara • A place where Israelite tribes were exiled by Tiglath-pileser.

Hara was a place, possibly in Media, where the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh were exiled by Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria (1 Chronicles 5:26).

• A location near Habor חָבוֹר only mentioned at 1Ch.5.26;
• only referred to as Hara הָרָא.
  

Hara is a place mentioned in the Bible where some of the Israelite tribes were exiled by the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser. In 1 Chronicles 5:26, it is recorded that Tiglath-pileser carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan. The exact location of Hara is uncertain, but it is believed to be in the region of Media, as suggested by the Septuagint's rendering of "ore Medon" (mountains of the Medes) and the additional phrase "and in the cities of the Medes" found in 2 Kings 17:6 and 18:11, where Hara is omitted from the list of places. The deportation of these Israelite tribes to Hara and other locations was part of the Assyrian policy of resettling conquered populations to prevent rebellions and to integrate them into the empire.

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