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mer´an ( Μερράν , Merrán ; the King James Version Meran ): Many identifications have been suggested on the assumption that the text as it stands is correct. Some of these are the Sidonian Meareh (Grotius), Marane, a city of which Pliny speaks as being near the Red Sea (Keil), and the desert of Mahrah in Arabia (Fritzsche). It is very probable, however, that the name represents an error in transcription from the original Semitic text, confusing the Hebrew letter dāleth ( ד ) with the Hebrew letter rēsh ( ר ) , so that we should read Meddan, or Medan, i.e. Midian. The phrase will then run, "the merchants of Midian and Teman" (Baruch 3:23 ). The merchants of Midian are referred to in Genesis 37:28 .