Yarden

E136881

Yarden is the Hebrew name for the Jordan River, a historically and religiously significant river in the Middle East.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yarden canonical 2
Yardenne 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew given name
hydronym
river
associatedWith Jordan Valley
associatedWithEvent Israelites crossing into Canaan
Baptism in the Jordan
surface form: baptism of Jesus
category Hebrew-language given names
Names derived from hydronyms
emptiesInto Dead Sea
etymologyRoot Hebrew verb yarad
flowsThrough Israel
Jordan
Jordan Rift Valley
West Bank
formsBorderBetween Israel and Jordan
West Bank and Jordan
givenNameUsageRegion Israel
hasCulturalContext Israeli culture
hasGenderUsage feminine
masculine
hasNameInLanguage Yarden self-linksurface differs
isHebrewNameOf Jordan River
literalMeaning the descender
locatedIn Middle East
Middle East
meaning Jordan
surface form: the Jordan

to descend
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament
nameInLanguage Hebrew
partOf Levant region
relatedName Jordan
religiousSignificanceIn Christianity
Islam
Judaism
sourceRegion Golan Heights
surface form: Mount Hermon area
transliterationVariant Yarden self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yardenne

Jardin
surface form: Yardin
usedAs unisex given name
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yarden hasNameInLanguage Yarden self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Jordan River
Yarden transliterationVariant Yarden self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yardenne