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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מֹורִיָּה
מֹורִיָּה
H4179
Transliteration: Môwrîyâh
Pronunciation: mo-ree-yaw'
Definition: Moriah
Original: מריּה מוריּה Transliteration: môrı̂yâh môrı̂yâh Phonetic: mo-ree-yaw'
BDB Definition:
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