BDB6512

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.