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title: מֹרִיָּה — Moriah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹרִיָּה (4179), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Moriah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹרִיָּה

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«מֹרִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Moriah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4179 · **BDB:** מֹרִיָּה

### Glosses

Moriah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Moriah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4179/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4179/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. אֶרֶץ הַמּ׳ Gn 22:2 (E), place for sacrificing Isaac, 𝔊 τ. γῆν τ. ὑψηλήν (text dub., v. Di); הַר הַמּוֹ׳ 2 Ch 3:1 site of temple, 𝔊 Αμορ(ε)ια (cf. JosAnt. i, 13, 1 f.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹרִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4179/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.3.1/)

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וַיָּ֣חֶל שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לִבְנ֤וֹת אֶת־בֵּית־יְהוָה֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּהַר֙ הַמּ֣וֹרִיָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִרְאָ֖ה לְדָוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יהוּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵכִין֙ בִּמְק֣וֹם דָּוִ֔יד בְּגֹ֖רֶן אָרְנָ֥ן הַיְבוּסִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.began Solomon to build (et) the.house of.Yahweh in Jerusalem on the.mountain of.(the) Moriah where he.had.appeared to David father his which he.had.prepared in the.place of.David on the.threshing.floor of.Ornan the Jebusite

*JPS 1917:* Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father; for which provision had been made in the Place of David, in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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[Genesis 22:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.22.2/)

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וַיֹּ֡אמֶר קַח־נָ֠א אֶת־בִּנְךָ֨אֶת־יְחִֽידְךָ֤ אֲשֶׁר־אָהַ֙בְתָּ֙ אֶת־יִצְחָ֔ק וְלֶךְ־לְךָ֔ אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ הַמֹּרִיָּ֑ה וְהַעֲלֵ֤הוּ שָׁם֙ לְעֹלָ֔ה עַ֚ל אַחַ֣ד הֶֽהָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said take please (et) son your (et) your.only \[son\] whom you.love (et) Isaac and go (for yourself to the.land of.(the) Moriah and offer him.up there to a.burnt.offering on one of the.mountains which I.will.tell to you

*JPS 1917:* And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.'

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