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Moriah

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Type Mountain
Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Scripts מֹרִיָה(Ancient Hebrew)

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Possibly means "seen by Yahweh" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is both the place where Abraham is to sacrifice Isaac and the mountain upon which Solomon builds the temple.
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Entry updated November 16, 2019

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