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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"
  1. the place where Abraham took Isaac for sacrifice
  2. the mount on the eastern edge of Jerusalem on which Solomon built the temple

Origin: from H7200" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7200 and H3050" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location


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