H2773 H2773
Horonaim ('two hollows/caves'), a Moabite city featured in oracles of judgment against Moab
A place name in the dual form, likely meaning 'two hollows' or 'two cave-towns,' related to hor ('cave') and possibly to Beth-horon. It designates a city in Moab that figures prominently in prophetic oracles of judgment. Isaiah 15:5 and Jeremiah 48:3, 5, 34 all reference Horonaim in contexts of Moabite devastation, with cries of anguish ascending or descending along 'the road to Horonaim' or 'the descent of Horonaim.' The Moabite Stone (Mesha Inscription, line 31-32) also mentions the site as Horonayin.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A Moabite city appearing exclusively in prophetic oracles against Moab. Isaiah 15:5 places it on a road of flight ('the way of Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction'), while Jeremiah 48:3 echoes the outcry ('a voice of crying from Horonaim'), 48:5 names 'the descent of Horonaim' as a place of weeping, and 48:34 includes it in the geographic sweep of Moab's devastation. The dual ending (-ayim) suggests twin settlements or a paired topographic feature. French and German glosses leave the name in Hebrew brackets, while English 'Horonaim' and Spanish 'Horonaim/Joronayim' reflect standard transliteration. The extrabiblical attestation on the Mesha Stele confirms its historical reality as a Moabite settlement. 4×
AR["حُورُونَايِمَ", "مِنْ-حُورُونَايِمَ"]·ben["হরোণাইম-থেকে", "হরোণাইমের", "হরোনায়িমের", "হোরোণয়িমের"]·DE["[חורנים]", "[חרנים]", "[מחרונים]"]·EN["Choronayim", "Horonaim", "from-Choronayim"]·FR["[חורנים]", "[חרנים]", "[מחרונים]"]·heb["חורוניים", "חורונים", "מ-חורונים"]·HI["से-होरोनैम", "होरोनैम", "होरोनैम-का", "होरोनैम-की"]·ID["Horonaim", "dari-Horonaim"]·IT["[חורנים]", "[חרנים]", "[מחרונים]"]·jav["Horonaim", "saking-Horonaim"]·KO["호로나임", "호로나임에서-", "호로나임의"]·PT["Choronayim", "de-Choronayim"]·RU["Хоронаима", "из-Хоронаима"]·ES["Horonaim", "Joronayim", "desde-Joronayim"]·SW["Horonaimu", "kutoka-Horonaimu", "ya-Horonaimu"]·TR["-den-Horonayim'den", "Horonayim'e", "Horonayim'in"]·urd["حورونائم-کے", "حورونایم", "حورونایم-سے"]
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
† חֹרוֹנַיִם, חֹרֹנַיִם n.pr.loc. (poss. two hollows, caves, ravines, v. בֵּית חוֹרֹן)—דֶּרֶךְ חרונים Is 15:5 Je 48:3, מוֹרַד חֹרוֹנָ֑יִם Je 48:5, חֹרֹנַיִם 48:34, city of Moab; = MI31.32 חורנן (i.e. prob. הוֹרֹנֵן); 𝔊 Αρωνιειμ, Ωρωναιμ.—On חֹרֹנַיִם 𝔊 Jos 13:10, 11 2 S 13:34 v. We Dr and בֵּית חוֹרֹן.