Hazar-enan
Hazar-enan was a town located on the northern border of the Promised Land (Num.34.9-10) and the future inheritance of the tribe of Dan.
The name Hazar-enan means “imprisoned cloud”
PlaceOld Testament2 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Numbers 34:9; referred to as Hazar-enan (חֲצַר עֵינוֹן, חֲצַר עֵינָן).
Location
- Identified as
- Al Qaryatayn
- Certainty
- Possible (58% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
- Coordinates
- 34.229° N, 37.241° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- חֲצַר עֵינָןHazar-enan
- חֲצַר עֵינוֹןHazar-enan
Mentions
- …continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
- And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
- So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.
- “Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.