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{{short description|Mountain range in Jordan}}
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'''Abarim''' ({{langx|he|הָעֲבָרִים|Hā-Avārīm}})<ref>According to the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (1913), the Hebrew ''Avarim'' appears in both the phrase ''har Ha-Avarim'' "mountain Abarim," and ''harei Ha-Avarim,'' "mountains of Abarim."</ref><ref>According to the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (1913), the Septuagint (Greek) equivalent is ''to oros to Abarim'', and ''en to peran tou Iordanou''. Cheyne and Black's ''Encyclopaedia Biblica'' (1899) gives alternate spellings ''Abarin'' and ''Abareim,'' and discusses its Septuagint equivalents involving the word ''peran'' in somewhat greater detail.</ref> is the Hebrew name used in the [[Bible]] for a mountain range "across the [[Jordan]]", understood as east of the [[Jordan Rift Valley]], i.e. in [[Transjordan (region)|Transjordan]], to the east and south-east of the [[Dead Sea]], extending from [[Mount Nebo]] — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the [[Arabian desert]] in the south. 

==Etymology and description==
According to Cheyne and Black, its Hebrew meaning is "'Those-on-the-other-side'—i.e., of the Jordan."<ref>Cheyne and Black (1899), ''Encyclopaedia Biblica,'' "[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyclopaedia_Biblica/Aalar-Acre#ABARIM.2C_THE Abarim]."</ref> The [[Vulgate]] ([[Deuteronomy]] 32:49) gives its etymological meaning as ''passages''.<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Abarim |volume= 1 |page=6 |last= Maas |first= Anthony |author-link= Anthony Maas |year=1913|short=1}}</ref> Its northern part was called [[Mount Pisgah (Bible)|Pisgah]], and the highest peak of Pisgah was Mount Nebo ([[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 23:14; 27:12; 21:20; 32:47; Deuteronomy 3:27; 34:1; 32:49).

These mountains are mentioned several times in the [[Bible]]:
* [[Balaam]] blessed Israel the second time from the top of [[Mount Pisgah (Bible)|Mount Pisgah]] ([[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 23:14)
* From "the top of Pisgah" i.e. Mount Nebo, an area which belonged to [[Moab]], [[Moses]] surveyed the Promised Land (Numbers 27:12 and Deuteronomy 3:27; 32:49), and there he died (34:1,5)
* The Israelites had one of their encampments in the mountains of Abarim (Numbers 33:47,48) after crossing the [[Arnon (western Jordan)|Arnon]]
* The prophet [[Jeremiah]] linked it with [[Bashan]] and [[Lebanon]] as locations from which the people cried in vain to God for rescue ([[Jeremiah 22]]:20)
* [[Jeremiah]] hid the [[Ark of the Covenant]] there ([[2 Maccabees|II Maccabees]] 2:4-5). (The book of 2 Maccabees is included in Bibles used by [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]], but generally not in [[Protestantism|Protestant]] or [[Hebrew Bible|Jewish Bibles]].)

==See also==
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* [[Jordanian Highlands]], the region that includes this mountain range.
* Biblical names for geographical features possibly part of "Abarim"
** [[Mount Seir]], the ancient name for the mountainous region between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba; modern Jibāl ash-Sharāh
* Modern names for geographical features possibly synonymous or contained in "Abarim"
** [[Al-Sharat]] or Ash-Sharāh, a highland region in modern-day southern Jordan and northwestern Saudi Arabia
** Jibāl ash-Sharāh (see [[Mount Seir]]), with Petra, Jebe Harun/Mount Aaron, etc.
** [[Jebel Proywe]], [[Jordan]]ian mountain north of [[Little Petra]]
** [[Petra]] (ancient Reqem/Reqmu/Rakmu) in Seir
** [[Jebel Harun]], or southern Mount Hor near Petra, with the alleged tomb of Aaron
* Related geographical features
** [[Midian Mountains]], [[Saudi Arabia]]n mountains to the south

==References==
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;Sources
* {{CE1913|wstitle= Abarim |volume= 1 |page=6 |last= Maas |first= Anthony |author-link= Anthony Maas |year=1913|short=}}
* {{Eastons|wstitle=Abarim}}
* {{Cite Collier's|wstitle=Abarim|volume=1|page=2}}

==External links==
{{Nuttall poster|Abarim}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-atQ7-CQS0 Mount Nebo - Jordan] ([[YouTube]])

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[[Category:Mountains of Jordan]]
[[Category:Hebrew Bible mountains]]
[[Category:Transjordan (region)]]