Seir (other)
Seir or SEIR may refer to: *Mount Seir, a mountainous region stretching between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba *Seir the Horite, chief of the Horites, a people mentioned in the Torah *Sa'ir, also Seir, a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate in the West Bank *Seir, a demon in the ''Ars Goetia'' *Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR), is a mid-ocean ridge in the southern Indian Ocean *SEIR model, a compartmental model in epidemiology *Single-engine instrument rating, an aircraft pilot qualification See also *Sear (other) *Sere (other) *Osiris, an Egyptian god *Sah (god), in Egyptian mythology the deification of the constellation Orion *Seri people The Seri or ''Comcaac'' are an indigenous group of the Mexican state of Sonora. The majority reside on the Seri communal property ( es, ejido), in the towns of Punta Chueca ( sei, Socaaix) and El Desemboque ( sei, Haxöl Iihom, link=no) on the ...

Mount Seir
Mount Seir ( he, הַר-שֵׂעִיר, ''Har Sēʿīr'') is the ancient and biblical name for a mountainous region stretching between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba in the northwestern region of Edom and southeast of the Kingdom of Judah. It may also have marked the older historical limit of Ancient Egypt in Canaan. A place called "Seir, in the land of Shasu" (''ta-Shasu se`er, t3-sh3sw s`r''), thought to be near Petra, Jordan, is listed in the temple of Amenhotep III at Soleb (ca. 1380 BC). The modern Arabic equivalent is thought to be Jibal ash-Sharah ( ar, جبال الشراة, Jibāl ash-Sharāh, Mountains of Sharāh) in Jordan. Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible mentions two distinct geographical areas named Seir: a 'land of Seir' and 'Mount Seir' in the South, bordered by the Arabah to the west; and another 'Mount Seir' further north, on the north boundary of Judah, mentioned in the Book of Joshua (). Southern land of Seir, Mount Seir Mount Seir was named for Seir ...
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