Har haMoriah - Jewish English Lexicon

Har haMoriah

Definitions

n. The mountain in Jerusalem where Isaac was bound, Jacob had his dream, and the two Temples stood, now known as Har haBayit.

Example Sentences

"Usually we think of Har HaMoriah as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as God instructed Avraham (Breisheet 22:2) to go to the Land of Moriah and offer Yitzchak as a sacrifice on one of the mountains." (source)

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Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew

Etymology

הר המוריה

Who Uses This

Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

None

Alternative Spellings

Har haMoria, Har ha-Moriah, Har ha-Moria

Notes

Definitions were contributed from Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow.

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