Pharpar River in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("swift" or else "crooked"). One of the chief rivers of Syria,
eight miles from Damascus 2 Kings 5:12); the Awaj, as the
Abana is the Baruda. The ridge jebel Aswad separates Pharpar
from Damascus. Pharpar rising on the S.E. side of Hermon ends
in the bahret Hijaneh, the most southern of the three lakes or
swamps of Damascus, due E. 40 miles from its source. Smaller
than the Barada, and sometimes dried up in its lower course,
which the Barada never is.
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