Shenir

Shenir, also written Senir, is the Amorite name for Mount Hermon — the great northern peak at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon range. UPDV consistently spells the name Senir.

The Amorite Name of Hermon

Deuteronomy preserves three names for the same mountain: "([which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;)" (Deut 3:9).

Boundary of the Trans-Jordan Settlement

The eastern half of Manasseh expands across the upland up to this peak: "And the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon" (1 Chr 5:23).

In Poetry and Prophecy

The Song calls the bride down from these heights: "Come with me from Lebanon, [my] bride, / With me from Lebanon: / Look from the top of Amana, / From the top of Senir and Hermon, / From the lions' dens, / From the mountains of the leopards" (Song 4:8). Ezekiel's lament over Tyre names Senir as the source of the city's shipwood: "They have made all your planks of fir-trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you" (Ezek 27:5).