Encyclopedia of The Bible – Senir
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Senir

SENIR sē’ nər (שְׂנִֽיר, meaning unknown; Song of Solomon 4:8 SHENIR in Deut 3:9; Song of Solomon 4:8 in KJV; Akkad. SANIRU; Arab. sanīrun). The Amorite name for Mt. Hermon (q.v.; Deut 3:9). At times the name has been used for larger portions of the Anti-Lebanon range (as perhaps in Ezek 27:5). However, Heb. usage also distinguished between Mt. Hermon and Senir (Song of Solomon 4:8); and between those and Baal-Hermon as well (1 Chron 5:23). It is tempting to suppose that individual peaks of the three peaks of Mt. Hermon are referred to in the latter usage.