שְׁנִירShᵉnîyr
proper name [of a mountain]: Amorite name of Hermon (Deuteronomy 3:9; Ezekiel 27:5; 1 Chronicles 5:23; Song of Solomon 4:8; Ecclesiastes 24:13)
Pronunciation: shen-eer' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8149
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 3:9 (Mount Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
- 1 Chronicles 5:23 The half-tribe of Manasseh was very large and spread through the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
- Song of Solomon 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Come down from Mount Amana, from the peaks of Senir and Hermon, where the lions have their dens and leopards live among the hills.
- Ezekiel 27:5 You were like a great ship built of the finest cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).