Shenir

Shenir (also written Senir) was the Amorite name for Mount Hermon, the great snow-capped peak at the northern boundary of the promised land. Deuteronomy 3:9 clarifies the multiple names for the same summit: which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir. The mountain thus had at least three distinct names used by different peoples of the region: Hermon (used by Israel and generally), Sirion (Sidonian/Phoenician), and Shenir (Amorite).

Shenir appears in Song of Solomon 4:8 in a poetic invitation: Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon. Here the two names appear together, perhaps distinguishing a southern peak from the main summit. Ezekiel 27:5 records that the fir trees of Shenir were used for planking in the ships of Tyre, indicating the mountain's extensive cedar and fir forests that supplied timber for Phoenician maritime construction.