Yarden

E136881

Yarden is the Hebrew name for the Jordan River, a historically and religiously significant river in the Middle East.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yarden canonical 2
Yardenne 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew given name
hydronym
river
associatedWith Jordan Valley
associatedWithEvent Israelites crossing into Canaan
baptism of Jesus
category Hebrew-language given names
Names derived from hydronyms
emptiesInto Dead Sea
etymologyRoot Hebrew verb yarad
flowsThrough Israel
Jordan
Jordan Rift Valley
West Bank
formsBorderBetween Israel and Jordan
West Bank and Jordan
givenNameUsageRegion Israel
hasCulturalContext Israeli culture
hasGenderUsage feminine
masculine
hasNameInLanguage Yarden
isHebrewNameOf Jordan River
literalMeaning the descender
locatedIn Middle East
Middle East
meaning the Jordan
linked to: Jordan

to descend
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

New Testament
nameInLanguage Hebrew
partOf Levant region
relatedName Jordan
religiousSignificanceIn Christianity
Islam
Judaism
sourceRegion Mount Hermon area
linked to: Golan Heights
transliterationVariant Yardenne
linked to: Yarden

Yardin
linked to: Jardin
usedAs unisex given name
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jordan River hasNameInLanguage Yarden
subject linked to: Yarden
Yarden transliterationVariant Yardenne
linked to: Yarden