H0765 H0765
Aran (Edomite, descendant of Esau)
Aran was a descendant of Esau through Seir the Horite. He appears in both Genesis and Chronicles as part of Edomite genealogies. The name may relate to an Aramaic word for 'wild goat,' though this etymology is uncertain.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name in Edomite genealogy (Gen 36:28, 1 Chr 1:42), descendant of Seir the Horite who inhabited the land Esau's line would come to dominate. The possible connection to 'wild goat' in Aramaic fits the wilderness geography of Edom. Translations preserve the name with minimal variation. 2×
AR["وَ-آران", "وَ-أَرانُ"]·ben["এবং-আরন", "ও-অরণ"]·DE["[וארן]", "und-Aran"]·EN["and-Aran"]·FR["[וארן]", "et-Aran"]·heb["ו-ארן"]·HI["और-अरान"]·ID["dan-Aran"]·IT["[וארן]", "e-Aran"]·jav["lan-Aran"]·KO["그-와-아란", "그리고-아란이다"]·PT["e-'Aran", "e-Aran"]·RU["и-Аран"]·ES["y-Aran"]·SW["na-Arani"]·TR["ve-Aran"]·urd["اور-اران", "و-اران"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲרָן n.pr.m. a descendant of Esau (? Aramaic ܐܰܪܢܳܐ wild-goat) Gn 36:28 = 1 Ch 1:42 (v. also דִּישָׁן).