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<p> ''''' ā´ran ''''' ( ארן , <i> ''''' 'ărān ''''' </i> , "wild goat"): A son of Dishan, the Horite (&nbsp;Genesis 36:28; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:42 ). It may possibly be connected with the Yerahmelite [[Oren]] (רן ), <i> ' </i> - <i> ''''' ren' ''''' </i> (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:25; compare Curtis, <i> Chron </i> . at the place; Dillmann, <i> Gen </i> at the place; <i> ZDMG </i> , L, 168); Robertson Smith claims that this name is equivalent to the [[Samaritan]] , ארן ('-r-n), "wild goat" ( <i> Jour. Phil </i> ., IX, 90). J. [[Jacobs]] translates it by "ass" ( <i> Stud. Biblical Arch. </i> , 71). This is one of the many totem names in the Bible. More than one-third of the Horites, the descendants of Seir, bear animal names, and those clans of the [[Edomites]] connected with the [[Horites]] also have animal names. The very name "Self" means a "he-goat," and Dishan, "a gazelle" ( <i> Stud. Biblical Arch. </i> , 70-72). Gray, however, remarks that "the instance (Aran) is most uncertain" ( <i> HPN </i> , 108). </p>

<p> (Heb. Aran', '''''אֲרָן''''' '', Wild Goat;'' Sept. '''''Αράν''''' , v. r. '''''Ἀῤῥάν''''' ), the second named of the two sons of Dishan, and grandson of Seir the Horite (&nbsp;Genesis 36:28; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:42). B.C. cir. 1963. </p>