H4179

מֹרִיָּה

mo.riy.yahN:N--L

(Mount) Moriah

§ Moriah = "chosen by Jehovah" the place where Abraham took Isaac for sacrifice the mount on the eastern edge of Jerusalem on which Solomon built the temple

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מֹרִיָּה, מוֺרִיָּה proper name, of a location ׳אֶרֶץ הַמּ Gen 22:2 (E), place for sacrificing Isaac, ᵐ5 τ. γῆν τ. ὑψηλήν (text dubious, see Di); ׳הַר הַמּוֺ 2Chr 3:1 site of temple, ᵐ5 Αμορ(ε)ια (compare JosAnt. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 1:13»i.13, l f.)


2 occurrences

Genesis (1), II Chronicles (1)