Haran

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Haran or Aran (Hebrew: ??????, Modern: Haran)[1] is a man in the Book of Genesis in
the Hebrew Bible.[2] He died in Ur of the Chaldees (Ur Kasdim), was a son of Terah,
and brother of Abraham. Through his son Lot, Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites
and Ammonites, and through his daughter Milcah he was ancestral to the Aramaeans.
Contents [hide]
1 Haran and his family
2 Etymology
3 Family tree
4 Others called Haran
5 See also
6 References
Haran and his family[edit]
Terah, a descendant of Shem son of Noah, was the father of Abram/Abraham, Nahor,
and Haran. Their home's location is not certain, but it is usually supposed to have
been in Mesopotamia. Besides Lot and Milcah, Haran fathered a daughter Iscah.
After Haran died in Ur of the Chaldees 'before his father Terah', his family
travelled towards Canaan, the promised land. However, Terah stopped at Charan (or
Haran) and settled there, as did Nahor and Milcah, whereas Lot accompanied Abraham
and others onwards to Canaan.[3]>[4]
According to Christianity, as a descendant of David, Jesus is a descendant of Haran
through David's great-grandmother Ruth, a Moabitess[5] and hence a descendant of
Lot. Solomon's wife Naamah, mother of Rehoboam and ancestress to all of Judah's
subsequent kings, was an Ammonitess and thus also descended from Haran.[6]
Etymology[edit]
The name Haran possibly comes from the Hebrew word har, = "mountain", with a West
Semitic suffix appearing with proper names, anu/i/a.[7] Thus, it has been suggested
that Haran may mean "mountaineer".[8] Personal names which resemble Haran include
ha-ri and ha-ru, from texts of second millennium BC Mari and Alalakh, and ha-ar-ri,
from one of the Amarna Lettersbut their meanings are uncertain.[9][10][11] The
initial element of Haran can be found in the Phoenician personal name hr-b`l, and
also in the Israelite personal name hryhw from Gibeon.[11] Important note about the
following family tree. Iscah and Sarah/Sarai are in fact the same person. Sarah was
Lot's and Milcah's sister. Sarai/Iscah is Haran's daughter. She is mentioned as
being Terah's daughter in the Bible. This is a bit mis-understood. She was in fact
Terah's Grand daughter. The reason Abram married Sarai was due to the same reason
that he ended up with Lot and the same reason that Nahor married Milcah. They were
the children of Haran. Haran was killed in the "fire/furnace" Ur Kasdim (Nimrod
furnace).
This info is available in Chumash (Torah).
Family tree[edit]
Terah

Sarah[12] Abraham Hagar

Haran
Nahor

Ishmael Milcah
Lot Iscah
Ishmaelites 7 sons[13] Bethuel 1st daughter
2nd daughter
Isaac Rebecca Laban
Moabites Ammonites
Esau Jacob
Rachel
Bilhah
Edomites
Zilpah
Leah

1. Reuben
2. Simeon
3. Levi
4. Judah
9. Issachar
10. Zebulun
11. Dinah 7. Gad
8. Asher 5. Dan
6. Naphtali 12. Joseph
13. Benjamin

Others called Haran[edit]

Haran is the name of two other people mentioned in the Bible.
Haran, son of Caleb (1Chronicles 2:46). His name's Hebrew spelling, however, is
like that of Haran the place.
Haran, son of Shimei (1Chronicles 23:1-9). He was a Levite who lived in the time of
David and Solomon.
See also[edit]
Harran
Sabians
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Freedman, Meyers & Beck. Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible ISBN 978-0-
8028-2400-4, 2000, p.551
Jump up ^ Genesis 11:27-32
Jump up ^ Genesis 11:28-12:5
Jump up ^ Eerdmans dictionary, p. 997
Jump up ^ Ruth 4:21-22
Jump up ^ 1Kings 14:21,31, 1Chronicles 3:10-16
Jump up ^ D. Sivan, Grammatical Analysis and Glossary of the Northwest Semitic
Vocables in Akkadian Texts of the 15th-13th C., BC from Canaan and Syria, 1984,
p.97-98
Jump up ^ A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with its Language, Vol. 1, 1899, p.301
Jump up ^ H. Huffmon, Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Archives: A Structural and
Lexical Study, 1965, p.204
Jump up ^ D. Sivan, Grammatical Analysis of Northwest Semitic Vocables, p. 222
^ Jump up to: a b Alexander & Baker. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch,
2002, p. 380
Jump up ^ Genesis 20:12: Sarah was the halfsister of Abraham.
Jump up ^ Genesis 22:21-22: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, and Jidlaph
Categories: Torah peopleAbrahamLot (biblical person)Noach (parsha)
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