Lexicon
מֹרִיָּה
mo.riy.yah
H4179
N:N--L Hebrew

(Mount) Moriah

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Hebrew
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mo.riy.yah names the place called Moriah, identified with a land of mountains and a mount in Jerusalem.

mo.riy.yah is used as a proper place name: Genesis 22:2 locates a land of Moriah with mountains, while 2 Chronicles 3:1 names Mount Moriah in Jerusalem as the site where Solomon began building the house of the LORD.

Senses in use

  1. Place name for Moriah and its mountains · dominant

    Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and identify a location. In Genesis 22:2 the APB renders the destination as "the land of Moriah" and refers to one of its mountains; in 2 Chronicles 3:1 it renders "Mount Moriah" in Jerusalem, where Solomon began to build the house of the LORD.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as "the land of Moriah" in Genesis 22:2 and "Mount Moriah" in 2 Chronicles 3:1. These are verse-level renderings in a translation.

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