How to Pronounce El Paran

el-PAY-ruhn

El Paran is pronounced el-PAY-ruhn (ɛlˈpeɪrən): three syllables, stress on the second.

Where was El Paran?

Oak of Paran, a place on the edge of the wilderness bordering the territory of the Horites (Gen. 14:6). This was the farthest point to which Chedorlaomer’s expedition extended. It is identified with the modern desert of et-Tih. (See PARAN.)

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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