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הַר558 noun masculineGen 7:19 mountain, hill, hill-country (Late Hebrew id., plural הָרִים, הֲרָרִים; Phoenician הר CISi. 3, 17; Sabean suffix הרתהמו DHMZMG 1876, 673); — ׳ה absolute Josh 17:18 +; with article הָהָר Exod 3:12 +; with ָ ה locative הֶ֫רָה Gen 14:10, הָהָ֫רָה Gen 12:8 + 12 t.; construct הַר Gen 10:30 +; suffix הַרֲרִי Ps 30:8, הֲרָרִי Jer 17:3 הַרְכֶם Ps 11:1 הַרֲרָם Gen 14:6 plural הָרִים Deut 11:11 +; with article הֶהָרִים Gen 7:19 +; construct הָרֵי Gen 8:4 + 27 t.; הַרֲרֵי Deut 33:15 + 8 t. (all poetry); suffix הָרַי Isa 14:25; Isa 49:11; Zech 14:5 + Ezek 38:21 (B Co חרדה), הָרָ֑י Isa 65:9 הָרָיו Ezek 35:8; Mal 1:3 הֲרָרֶיהָ Deut 8:9 — 1. mountain, hill (these often not sharply distinguished, but):
a. specifically
mountain, high elevation, often in all the literature; — e. g.
הַר סִינַי Mount Sinai (properly, the Mount of Sinai; so always)
Exod 19:11;
Exod 19:18;
Exod 19:20;
Exod 19:23;
Exod 24:16;
Exod 31:18;
Exod 34:2;
Exod 34:4;
Exod 34:29;
Exod 34:32;
Lev 7:38;
Lev 25:1;
Lev 26:46;
Lev 27:34;
Num 3:1;
Num 28:6;
Neh 9:13 (see
סִינַי); also
הָהָר =
id.,
Exod 19:2 + 10 t.
Exod 19 (
Exod 19:18 read
הָעָם, so Manuscripts
ᵐ5 Di)
Exod 20:18;
Exod 24:4 + 6 t.
Exod 24;
Exod 25:40;
Exod 26:30;
Exod 27:8;
Exod 32:1;
Exod 32:15;
Exod 32:19;
Exod 34:2;
Exod 34:3 (twice in verse);
Exod 34:29 =
הֵר חוֺרֵב Exod 33:6 (see
חֹרֵב), also
אֶלהַֿר הָאֱלֹהִים חֹרֵ֑בָה Exod 3:1,
עַד הַר הָאֱלֹהִים חֹרֵב 1Kgs 19:8 further
הָהָר =
id.,
Deut 4:11 (twice in verse);
Deut 5:4;
Deut 5:5;
Deut 5:19;
Deut 5:20;
Deut 9:9 + 10 t.
Deut 9. 10,
1Kgs 19:11 =
הַר הָאֱלֹהִים Exod 4:27;
Exod 18:5;
Exod 24:13 (all
J E) =
הַר יחוה Num 10:33 (compare
Di); see further
הֹר הָהָר Hor the mount (so always)
Num 20:22 + 10 t. Numbers;
Deut 32:50 =
חָחָר Num 20:28 (twice in verse);
הַר נְבוֺ Deut 32:49;
Deut 34:1 =
הָהָר Deut 32:50 =
הַר הָעֲבָרִים הַזֶּה Num 27:12;
Deut 32:49, compare (
לִפְנֵי נְבוֺ)
הָרֵי הָעֲבָרִים Num 33:47;
Num 33:48 הַר גְּרִזִּים Mt. Gerizim Deut 11:29;
Deut 27:12;
Josh 8:33 ראֹשׁ הַרגְּֿרִזִּים Judg 9:7 הַר עֵֹיבָ֑ל Mt. Ebal Deut 11:29;
Deut 27:4;
Deut 24:13;
Josh 8:30;
Josh 8:33 also
הַר חֶרְמוֺן Mt. Hermon Deut 3:8;
Josh 11:17;
Josh 12:1;
Josh 12:5;
Josh 13:5;
Josh 13:11;
1Chr 5:23 compare
Deut 4:48 הַר שִׂיאֹן הוּא חֶרְמוֺן (see
חֶרְמוֺן), &
הַר בַּעַל חֶרְמוֺן (see
id., &
בעל חרמון below
בעל);
הַר חַלְּבָנוֺן Mt. Lebanon Judg 3:3, compare
מְרוֺם הָרִים יַרְכְּתֵי לְבָנוֺן 2Kgs 19:23 =
Isa 37:24 (see
לבנון);
הַר הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל Mt. Carmel 1Kgs 18:19;
1Kgs 18:20;
2Kgs 2:25;
2Kgs 4:25 (see
כרמל);
הָהָר =
id.,
2Kgs 4:27, apparently also
2Kgs 1:9 הַר תָּבוֺר Mt. Tabor,
Judg 4:6;
Judg 4:12;
Judg 4:14, compare
Jer 46:18 תָּבוֺר בֶּהָרִים (opposed to
כַּרְמֶל בַּיָּם);
הַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ 1Sam 31:1;
1Sam 31:8;
2Sam 1:6, also (poetry)
׳הָרֵי בַּגּ v
2Sam 1:21 (compare
Dr);
הַרחֶֿרֶס Judg 1:35 (
Stu עָר חֶרֶס) compare
חֶרֶס;
הַר הַזֵּיתִים Zech 14:4 (twice in verse)
Mount of Olives, (opposed to
גֵּיא) compare
הָהָר אֲשֶׁר מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר Ezek 11:23 also
בָּהָר אֲשֶׁר עַלפְּֿנֵי יְרוּשָׁלַםִ 1Kgs 11:7 (place of Solomon's idolatry) =
הַרהַֿמַּשְׁחִית 2Kgs 23:13 mountain of the destroyer (same combination in another, figurative sense
Jer 51:25), others derive
׳הַמ here from
משׁח anoint, and render as =
Mt. of Olives (cited as
הר המשׁחה Talmud, Shabb. 56 b), compare
HoffmZAW 1882, 175;
אַחַד הֶהָרִים in land of Moriah
Gen 22:2 mountains about Jerusalem in general,
יְרוּשָׁלַםִ הָרִים סָבִיב לָהּ Ps 125:2 compare also
Ps 121:1 (||
יהוה);
הָהָר of citadel of Jerusalem
Isa 22:5 of temple hill
הַר הַבַּיִת Mic 3:12 =
Jer 26:18 ׳הַר בֵּיתיֿ Isa 2:2 =
Mic 4:1;
2Chr 33:15 also
הֲרָרִי בַּשָּׂדֶה Jer 17:3 further
הַר צִיּוֺן Mt. Zion Isa 4:5;
Isa 8:18;
Isa 10:12;
Isa 18:7;
Isa 24:23;
Isa 29:8;
Isa 31:4;
Isa 37:32;
Mic 4:7;
Lam 5:18;
Obad 1:17.
Joel 3:5;
Ps 48:3;
Ps 48:12;
Ps 74:2;
Ps 78:68;
Ps 125:1 (see also
צִיּוֺן); compare
הַר בַּ֯יתצִֿיּוֺן Isa 10:32,
׳הַר בַּת צ Isa 16:1 ׳הַריֿ Isa 2:3 =
Mic 4:2;
Isa 30:29;
Ps 24:3 (
id. of Horeb
Num 10:33 J E);
צְבָאוֺת ׳הַריֿ הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ Zech 8:3,
הַרקָֿדְשִׁי Zeph 3:11;
Obad 1:16;
Ezek 20:40;
Isa 11:9 =
Isa 65:25, compare
Isa 56:7;
Isa 57:13;
Isa 65:11;
Joel 2:1 (||
צִיּוֺן)
Joel 4:17 (||
id.)
Ps 2:6 (||
id.)
Ps 3:5;
Ps 15:1;
Ps 43:3;
Ps 48:2 see further
הַרקָֿדְשִׁי יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Isa 66:20 compare
Dan 9:16 &
הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Isa 27:13 also
הַר צְבִיקֹֿדֶשׁ Dan 11:45 הַרהַֿקֹּדֶשׁ Jer 31:23 even
הַר קֹדֶשׁ אֱלֹהַי Dan 9:20 other designations of temple-hill are
הָהָר חָמַד לְשִׁבְתּוֺ ׳א Ps 68:17, &
הַר מְרוֺם יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezek 17:23;
Ezek 20:40 (||
הַרקָֿדְשִׁי);
הַר קֹדֶשׁ אֱלֹהִים Ezek 28:14 of the distant abode of God (or gods?) so
הַר אֱלֹהִים v
Ezek 28:16 (
הַראֱֿלֹהִים Ps 68:16 is general,
a God's mountain, i.e. a majestic mountain, likewise in simile
כְּהַרֲרֵיאֵֿל מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ Ps 36:7); —
הַר הָאֱלֹהִים elsewhere of Horeb (Sinai)
Exod 4:27;
Exod 18:5;
Exod 24:13;
1Kgs 19:8 (see above). Note particular
הַרמֿוֺעֵד Isa 14:13 mountain of meeting or
of assembly, i.e. the dwelling-place of the gods, according to Babylonian conception, here represented as in the far north, see especially
Che De Di,
DlPa 117 ff. COTon the passage Jr57 ff. JenKosmologie 23. Upon the mountain is
עָלהָֿהָר compare
וַתֵּבְךְּ עַלבְּֿתוּלָיהָ עַלהֶֿהָרִים Judg 11:38, & the peculiar phrase
וְאֵלְכָה וְיָרַדְתִּי עַלֿ הֶהָרִים v
Judg 11:37 go up upon עָלָה אָלֿ Exod 19:23;
Exod 24:13;
Exod 34:4 (all
J E); compare accusative in
הַעַל אֹתָם הֹר הָהָר Num 20:25 speak with one
upon is
דבר בהר Exod 31:18;
Exod 34:32;
Num 3:1 (all
P),
Lev 25:1 (
H), compare
command, give commands, law, etc.,
בהר Lev 7:38;
Lev 26:46;
Lev 27:34 (all
P or
H); other phrases with
בְּ upon (literally
in, i.e. in the midst of a group of mountains)
Exod 34:3 בְּכָל (
JE)
Exod 25:40;
Exod 26:30;
Exod 27:8;
Num 28:6 (all
P),
Isa 13:4 but
בְּחֹרֵב Ps 106:19 =
at Horeb,
בְּהֹר הָהָר Num 33:37 at Mt. Hor; go down from the mountain is
יָרַד מִןהָֿהָר Exod 32:1;
Exod 32:15 (both
J E)
Exod 34:29 (twice in verse) (both
P), compare
Judg 9:36 etc.
b. mountain-range הַרבָּֿשָׁן Ps 68:16 (twice in verse) =
הַראֱֿלֹהִים v
Ps 68:16 =
הַרגַּֿבְנֻנִּים v
Ps 68:16,
הָרִים גַּבְנֻנִּים v
Ps 68:17 (of the Jebel Hauran: see
בשׁן).
c. mountain, indefinite,
Job 14:18 (||
צוּר); usually plural
mountains, in general, or
the mountains, especially in poetry & the higher style; often figurative;
הָרִים,
הֶהָרִים, covered by flood
Gen 7:20 compare v
Gen 7:19;
Gen 8:5 covered by waters & freed therefrom by word of God (at creation)
Ps 104:6 a chief work of God (in creation)
Amos 4:13;
Ps 65:7;
Ps 90:2;
Prov 8:25 (||
גְּבָעוֺת); weighed by God
Isa 40:12 removed and overturned in anger of God
Job 9:5 compare
Ps 46:3;
Ps 46:4 devastated by God
Isa 42:15 (||
גְּבָעוֺת) compare
Jer 9:9 smoking at God's touch
Ps 104:32;
Ps 144:5 melting at presence of
׳י Judg 5:5;
Mic 1:4;
Ps 97:5;
Isa 63:19;
Isa 64:2 trembling
Isa 5:25 compare
Jer 4:24 (||
גְּבָעוֺת),
Nah 1:5 (||
id.),
Hab 3:10 called to witness Yahweh's dealings with his people
Mic 6:2 (||
הָאֵתָנִים מֹסְדֵי אָ֑רֶץ) compare v
Mic 6:1 (||
הַגְּבָעוֺת), entreated to cover the guilty
Hos 10:8 (||
גְּבָעוֺת); addressed by
׳י also
Ezek 6:3 (||
גְּבָעוֺת, opposed to
אֲפִיקִים,
גֵּאָוֺת); specifically, mountains of Israel summoned to hear
׳י and addressed by him
Ezek 36:1 (twice in verse);
Ezek 36:4;
Ezek 36:8;
Ezek 37:22;
Ezek 38:8;
Ezek 39:2;
Ezek 39:4 summoned to praise
׳י Ps 148:9 (||
גְּבָעוֺת) compare
Isa 44:23;
Isa 49:13;
Isa 55:12 (||
גְּבָעוֺת); leaping in praise of
׳י Ps 114:4;
Ps 114:6 (both ||
גְּבָעוֺת);
הַרֲרֵיקֶֿדֶם Deut 33:15 (||
גִּבְעוֺת עוֺלָם);
הַרֲרֵיעַֿד Hab 3:6 (||
id.);
הַרֲרֵיעַֿד also
Ps 76:5 (according to
ᵐ5 Bi Che;
ᵑ0 has
טֶרֶף for
עַד), and probably
Gen 49:26 for
ᵑ0 הוֺרַי עַד (||
גִּבְעֹת עוֺלָם) compare
Di.
d. high mountain הַר גָּבֹהַּ Isa 30:25 (||
גִּבְעָה נִשָּׂאָה) compare
Isa 40:9;
Isa 52:7 הַר גָּכֹהַּ מְאֹד Ezek 40:2 הַר גָּבֹהַּ וְתָלוּל Ezek 17:22 plural
הֶהָרִים הַגְּבֹהִים Gen 7:19;
Ps 104:18 (||
סְלָעִים),
הָרָמִים ׳הֶה Isa 2:14 as symbol of strength and pride (||
הַגְּבָעוֺת הַנִּשָּׂאוֺת), compare
הֶהָרִים Ezek 38:20 (||
מַדְרֵגוֺת,
חוֺמָה).
e. opposite valley or plain
Josh 12:8 (
D; opposed to
מִדְּבָּר,
אֲשֵׁדוֺת,
עֲרָבָה,
שְׁפֵלָה), compare
Deut 1:7, also
Jer 17:26 (opposed to
שְׁפֵלָה);
Gen 19:17 (
J; opposed to
כִּכָּר); often opposed to
גַּיְא 2Kgs 2:16;
Ezek 31:12 (figurative)
Ezek 32:5 (
id.)
Ezek 35:8 (||
גִּבְעָה),
Ezek 36:4 (||
id.),
Isa 40:4 (||
id.), opposed to
בִּקְעָה Deut 8:7;
Deut 11:11;
Ps 104:8 opposed to
מִדְבָּר Lam 4:19 (compare
Josh 12:8 above);
בֵּין הָרִים Ps 104:10 is ||
בַּנְּחָלִים; see also
וְלֹאאֱֿלֹהֵי עֲמָקִים ׳אֱלֹהֵי הָרִים י 1Kgs 20:28, compare v
1Kgs 20:23 (opposed to
מִישׁוֺר); note also
הַר הָעֵמֶק Josh 13:19 (
P), &
גֵּיאהָֿרַי,
גֵּיהָֿרִים Zech 14:5 (twice in verse); further
מִדְבַּר הָרִים Ps 75:7 mountainous desert Vrss. & most modern (
Baer מִדְבָּר but compare
De);
mountain-ward is
הֶ֫רָה Gen 14:10.
feminine mountains as hiding-places: —
הַמִּנְהָרוֺת אֲוֶר בֶּהָרִים Judg 6:2 the burrows (Stanley,
VB)
which are in the mountains; compare
Ps 11:1;
Jer 16:16 (||
גִּבְעָה);
הָפַךְ מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ הָרִים Job 28:9 (of mining), see also
Deut 8:9.
g. mountains as running-place of gazelles
1Chr 12:8 of leopards
הַרֲרֵי נְמֵרִים Song 4:8 hunting-ground for partridges
1Sam 26:20 עוֺף הָרִים Ps 50:11 compare
Ps 11:1 (figurative); wandering-place of lost sheep (figurative)
Nah 3:18;
1Kgs 22:17;
Jer 50:6 compare v
Jer 50:6 (||
גִּבְעָה),
Ezek 34:6 (||
כָּלגִּֿבְעָה רָמָה)
2Chr 18:16.
h. grazing-places for cattle
בְּהֵמוֺת בְּהַרֲרֵיאָֿ֑לֶףPs 50:10 (read
אֵל for
אלף Ol Bi Che), compare
יְתוּר הָרִים Job 39:8 of pasture of wild ass; also (si vera lectio)
בּוּל הָרִים Job 40:20, i.e. mountains as furnishing food for hippopotamus; see further
Song 4:6;
Song 8:14;
Prov 27:25.
i. as place of field and vineyards
2Chr 26:10 (opposed to
שְׁפֵלָה,
מִישׁוֺר)
Isa 7:25 see also
הַמַּצְמִיחַ הָרִים חָצִיר Ps 147:8 compare
Hag 1:11 figurative
Ps 72:3 (||
גְּבָעוֺת); in promise
יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס וְהַגְּבָעוֺת תֵּלַכְנָה חָלָב Joel 4:18 compare
Amos 9:13 j. as kindled into flame (i.e. their forests; in simile)
Ps 83:15.
k. as scene of massacre, (figurative)
Isa 34:3 melting with blood; as place of battle array,
height 1Sam 17:3 (twice in verse).
2. hill-country, mountain-region,
a. opposed to plain, etc.: — dwelling-place of Canaanites,
הָהָר Num 13:17;
Num 13:29 (of promised land; opposed to
אֶרֶץ הַנֶּגֶב,
הַיָּם &
יַדהַֿיַּרְדֵּן);
בָּֽעֲרָבָה בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבַנֶּגֶב וּבְחוֺף הַיָּם Deut 1:7 בָּהָר וּבָֽעֲרָבָה נֶגֶב כִּנְַּרוֺת וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבְנָפוֺת דּוֺר מִיָּם Josh 11:2 בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבָֽעֲרָבָה וּבָֽאֲשֵׁדוֺת וּבַמִּדְבָּר וּבַנֶּגֶב Josh 12:8 compare
Josh 9:1;
Josh 10:40;
Judg 1:9 הָהָר indefinite (
the hill-country, the mountains, in general)
2Chr 2:1 (place for hewing wood) so v.
2Chr 2:17;
Neh 8:15 (place for cutting boughs), etc.
b. of a particular mountain-region, hill-country:
הַר הָאֱמֹרִי Deut 1:7 (compare v
Deut 1:7) v
Deut 1:19 (compare v
Deut 1:24), also
Josh 10:6 of Amalekites
Judg 12:15 of Ephraim
Josh 17:15;
Josh 19:50;
Josh 20:7;
Josh 21:21;
Josh 24:30;
Josh 24:33;
Judg 3:27;
Judg 4:5;
Judg 7:24;
Judg 9:48;
Judg 17:1 + 6 t.
Judg 17;
1Sam 1:1;
1Sam 9:4;
1Sam 14:22;
2Sam 20:21;
1Kgs 4:8;
1Kgs 12:25;
2Kgs 5:22;
1Chr 6:52;
2Chr 13:4;
2Chr 15:8;
2Chr 19:4;
Jer 4:15;
Jer 31:6 Ephraim and Gilead
Jer 50:19 (compare also
(ה)הר Josh 17:16;
Josh 17:18;
Judg 3:27); of Israel
Josh 11:16;
Josh 11:21, cf.
הָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezek 6:2;
Ezek 19:9;
Ezek 33:28;
Ezek 34:13;
Ezek 35:12 הָרֵי מְרוֺם יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezek 17:23;
Ezek 20:40 (||
הַרקָֿדְשִׁי)
Ezek 34:14 עָרֵי הָהָר i.e. in mountain-country
Deut 2:37 (of Ammonites),
Jer 32:44;
Jer 33:13 hill-country of Judah
Josh 11:21;
Josh 15:48;
Josh 18:12;
Josh 20:7;
Josh 21:11;
2Chr 21:11 (
הָרֵי יהודה)
2Chr 27:4 abode of Jebusites
Josh 11:3.
הַרֲרִי, הֲרָרִי, הַרֲרָם, הַרֲרִי, הֲרָרֶיהָ see הר.