wilderness of Paran (in biblical tradition)

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biblical desert region wilderness

The wilderness of Paran in biblical tradition is a desert region in the Sinai/Arabian area known as a place of wandering, refuge, and settlement, particularly associated with Ishmael and early Israelite journeys.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
wilderness of Paran (in biblical tradition) canonical 1
מִדְבַּר פָּארָן (Midbar Paran) 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical desert region ⓘ
wilderness ⓘ
appearsInContextOf Exodus traditions ⓘ
monarchic period narratives ⓘ
patriarchal narratives ⓘ
associatedWith Ishmael ⓘ
Israelites’ wilderness wanderings ⓘ
surface form: Israelite wilderness wanderings

Moses ⓘ
early Israelites ⓘ
the Exodus journey ⓘ
describedAs desert region ⓘ
place of refuge ⓘ
place of settlement ⓘ
place of wandering ⓘ
functionInText geographical marker for Israelite route from Sinai ⓘ
geographical marker for narratives about Ishmael ⓘ
geographicalRegion Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Sinai Peninsula region

northwestern Arabian region ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance Christianity ⓘ
Islamic tradition (via Ishmael narrative) ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Sinai/Arabian desert area ⓘ
mentionedIn 1 Kings ⓘ
surface form: Book of 1 Kings

Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
nameForm Paran ⓘ
relatedConcept Arabian Desert ⓘ
surface form: Arabian desert

Sinai desert ⓘ
surface form: Sinai wilderness

wilderness wanderings of Israel ⓘ
religiousTradition biblical tradition ⓘ
roleInNarrative location from which spies were sent into Canaan ⓘ
place where Ishmael dwelt ⓘ
refuge area in royal narratives ⓘ
region of Israelite encampment ⓘ
staging area for Israelite journeys ⓘ
traditionallyIdentifiedNear central or northern Sinai ⓘ
northwestern Arabia ⓘ
typeOfLandscape arid ⓘ
mountainous or hilly desert ⓘ
uncertainExactLocation true ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Ishmaelites → associatedWith → wilderness of Paran (in biblical tradition) ⓘ
wilderness of Paran → nameInHebrew → wilderness of Paran (in biblical tradition) ⓘ
this entity surface form: מִדְבַּר פָּארָן (Midbar Paran)