Lexical Definition

‎פָּארָן‎ Pâʼrân (paw-rawn') Paran ^N:N--L
from ‎פָּאַר‎; ornamental

Paran.

• § Paran = "place of caverns"
• Paran, a desert of Arabia

1) wilderness area bounded on the north by Palestine, on the west by the wilderness of Etham, on the south by the desert of Sinai, and on the east by the valley of Arabah; the exodus was through this area and probably all 18 stops were in this area

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פָּארָן‎ proper name, of a location Paran, Φαραν (compare proper name ‎פארן‎ Sinaitic Inscription); — usually ‎׳‎‎מִדְבַּר פ‎ home of Ishmael Gen 21:21 (E), traversed by Israel in Exodus Num 12:16 (E), Num 10:12; Num 13:2; Num 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 Deut 33:2; Hab 3:3, — perhaps coast-range of mountains along west shore of Gulf of Akaba; ‎׳‎‎פ‎ alone 1Kgs 11:18 (twice in verse) (between Midian and Egypt); Deut 1:1 (location dubious). — 1Sam 25:1 see II. ‎מָעוֺן‎ below ‎עון‎. — See Rob^{BR i, 177 f.} Palmer^{Desert of Exodus, 284 ff.}, Di Dr^Dt.

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