Lexical Summary har: mountain, hill, hill country Original Word: הַרTransliteration: har Phonetic Spelling: (har) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: mountain, hill, hill country Meaning: mountain, hill, hill country Strong's Concordance hill country, mountain, promotion A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion. see HEBREW harar Brown-Driver-Briggs H2022. har [הוֺר], assumed by Thes and others as ancient form for הַר mountain, to explain הוֺרַי Genesis 49:26, read הוֺרֵיעָֿד; but better הַרֲרֵיעַֿד everlasting mountains, see הַר below הרר. הַר558 noun masculineGenesis 7:19 mountain, hill, hill-country (Late Hebrew id., plural הֲרָרִים הָרִים,; Phoenician הר CISi. 3, 17; Sabean suffix הרתהמו DHMZMG 1876, 673); — ׳ה absolute Joshua 17:18 +; with article הָהָר Exodus 3:12 +; with ָ ה locative הֶ֫רָה Genesis 14:10, הָהָ֫רָה 12:8 12t.; construct הַר 10:30 +; suffix הַרֲרִי Psalm 30:8, הֲרָרִי Jeremiah 17:3; הַרְכֶם Psalm 11:1; הַרֲרָם Genesis 14:6; plural הָרִים Deuteronomy 11:11 +; with article הֶהָרִים Genesis 7:19 +; construct הָרֵי 8:4 27t.; הַרֲרֵי Deuteronomy 33:15 8t. (all poetry); suffix הָרַי Isaiah 14:25; 49:11; Zechariah 14:5 + Ezekiel 38:21 (B Co חרדה), הָרָ֑י Isaiah 65:9; הָרָיו Ezekiel 35:8; Malachi 1:3; הֲרָרֶיהָ Deuteronomy 8:9; — 1 mountain, hill (these often not sharply distinguished, but): a. specifically mountain, high elevation, often in all the literature; — e. g. סִינַי הַר Mount Sinai (properly, the Mount of Sinai; so always) Exodus 19:11, 18, 20, 23; 24:16; 31:18; 34:2, 4, 29, 32; Leviticus 7:38; 25:1; 26:46; 27:34; Numbers 3:1; 28:6; Nehemiah 9:13 (see סִינַי); also הָהָר = id., Exodus 19:2 10t. Exodus 19 (19:18 read הָעָם, so Manuscripts ᵐ5 Di) 20:18; 24:4 6t. Exodus 24; 25:40; 26:30; 27:8; 32:1, 15, 19; 34:2-3,(twice in verse); 34:29; = חוֺרֵב הֵר 33:6 (see חֹרֵב), also חֹרֵ֑בָה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶלהַֿר 3:1, חֹרֵב הָאֱלֹהִים הַר עַד 1 Kings 19:8; further הָהָר = id., Deuteronomy 4:11 (twice in verse); 5:4-5, 19, 20; 9:9-10t. Deuteronomy 9.. 10, 1 Kings 19:11; = הָאֱלֹהִים הַר Exodus 4:27; 18:5; 24:13 (all J E) = יחוה הַר Numbers 10:33 (compare Di); see further הָהָר הֹר Hor the mount (so always) 20:22 10t. Numbers; Deuteronomy 32:50; = חָחָר Numbers 20:28 (twice in verse); נְבוֺ הַר Deuteronomy 32:49; 34:1 = הָהָר 32:50; = הַזֶּה הָעֲבָרִים הַר Numbers 27:12; Deuteronomy 32:49, compare (נְבוֺ לִפְנֵי) הָעֲבָרִים הָרֵי Numbers 33:47-48, גְּרִזִּים הַר Mt. Gerizim Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:12; Joshua 8:33; הַרגְּֿרִזִּים ראֹשׁ Judges 9:7; עֵֹיבָ֑ל הַר Mt. Ebal Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:4; 24:13; Joshua 8:30, 33; also חֶרְמוֺן הַר Mt. Hermon Deuteronomy 3:8; Joshua 11:17; 12:1, 5; 13:5, 11; 1 Chronicles 5:23; compare Deuteronomy 4:48 חֶרְמוֺן הוּא שִׂיאֹן הַר (see חֶרְמוֺן), & חֶרְמוֺן בַּעַל הַר (see id., & חרמון בעל below בעל); חַלְּבָנוֺן הַר Mt. Lebanon Judges 3:3, compare לְבָנוֺן יַרְכְּתֵי הָרִים מְרוֺם 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24 (see לבנון); הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל הַר Mt. Carmel 1 Kings 18:19-20, 2 Kings 2:25; 4:25 (see כרמל); הָהָר = id., 4:27, apparently also 1:9; תָּבוֺר הַר Mt. Tabor, Judges 4:6, 12, 14, compare Jeremiah 46:18 בֶּהָרִים תָּבוֺר (opposed to בַּיָּם כַּרְמֶל); הַגִּלְבֹּעַ הַר 1 Samuel 31:1, 8; 2 Samuel 1:6, also (poetry) בַּגּ ׳הָרֵי 1:21 (compare Dr); הַרחֶֿרֶס Judges 1:35 (Stu חֶרֶס עָר) compare חֶרֶס; הַזֵּיתִים הַר Zechariah 14:4 (twice in verse) Mount of Olives, (opposed to גֵּיא) compare לָעִיר מִקֶּדֶם אֲשֶׁר הָהָר Ezekiel 11:23; also יְרוּשָׁלַםִ עַלמְּֿנֵי אֲשֶׁר בָּהָר 1 Kings 11:7 (place of Solomon's idolatry) = הַרהַֿמַּשְׁחִית 2 Kings 23:13 mountain of the destroyer (same combination in another, figurative sense Jeremiah 51:25), others derive ׳הַמ here from משׁח anoint, and render as = Mt. of Olives (cited as המשׁחה הר Talmud, Shabb. 56 b), compare HoffmZAW 1882, 175; הֶהָרִים אַחַד in land of Moriah Genesis 22:2; mountains about Jerusalem in General, לָהּ סָבִיב הָרִים יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Psalm 125:2; compare also 121:1 ("" יהוה); הָהָר of citadel of Jerusalem Isaiah 22:5; of temple hill הַבַּיִת הַר Micah 3:12 = Jeremiah 26:18; בֵּיתיֿ ׳הַר Isaiah 2:2 = Micah 4:1; 2 Chronicles 33:15; also בַּשָּׂדֶה הֲרָרִי Jeremiah 17:3; further צִיּוֺן הַר Mt. Zion Isaiah 4:5; 8:18; 10:12; 18:7; 24:23; 29:8; 31:4; 37:32; Micah 4:7; Lamentations 5:18; Obadiah 17.. Joel 3:5; Psalm 48:3; 48:12; 74:2; 78:68; 125:1 (see also צִיּוֺן); compare בַּ֯יתצִֿיּוֺן הַר Isaiah 10:32, צ בַּת ׳הַר 16:1; ׳הַריֿ 2:3 = Micah 4:2; Isaiah 30:29; Psalm 24:3; (id. of Horeb Numbers 10:33 J E); הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַר ׳הַריֿ צְבָאוֺת Zechariah 8:3, הַרקָֿדְשִׁי Zephaniah 3:11; Obadiah 16; Ezekiel 20:40; Isaiah 11:9 = 65:25, compare 56:7; 57:13; 65:11; Joel 2:1 ("" צִיּוֺן) Joel 4:17 ("" id.) Psalm 2:6 ("" id.) 3:5; 15:1; 43:3; 48:2; see further יְרוּשָׁלַםִ הַרקָֿדְשִׁי Isaiah 66:20 compare Daniel 9:16 & יְרוּשָׁלַםִ הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַר Isaiah 27:13; also צְבִיקֹֿדֶשׁ הַר Daniel 11:45; הַרהַֿקֹּדֶשׁ Jeremiah 31:23; even אֱלֹהַי קֹדֶשׁ הַר Daniel 9:20; other designations of temple-hill are ׳א לְשִׁבְתּוֺ חָמַד הָהָר Psalm 68:17, & יִשְׂרָאֵל מְרוֺם הַר Ezekiel 17:23; 20:40 ("" הַרקָֿדְשִׁי); אֱלֹהִים קֹדֶשׁ הַר 28:14 of the distant abode of God (or gods?) so אֱלֹהִים הַר 28:16 (הַראֱֿלֹהִים Psalm 68:16 is General, a God's mountain, i.e. a majestic mountain, likewise in simile מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ כְּהַרֲרֵיאֵֿל 36:7); — הָאֱלֹהִים הַר elsewhere of Horeb (Sinai) Exodus 4:27; 18:5; 24:13; 1 Kings 19:8 (see above). Note particular הַרמֿוֺעֵד Isaiah 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 Jr57ff. JenKosmologie 23. Upon the mountain is עָלהָֿהָר compare עַלהֶֿהָרִים עַלבְּֿתוּלָיהָ וַתֵּבְךְּ Judges 11:38, & the peculiar phrase הֶהָרִים עַלֿ וְיָרַדְתִּי וְאֵלְכָה 11:37; go up upon אָלֿ עָלָה Exodus 19:23; 24:13; 34:4 (all J E); compare accusative in הָהָר הֹר אֹתָם הַעַל Numbers 20:25; speak with one upon is בהר דבר Exodus 31:18; 34:32; Numbers 3:1 (all P), Leviticus 25:1 (H), compare command, give commands, law, etc., בהר 7:38; 26:46; 27:34 (all P or H); other phrases with בְּ upon (literally in, i.e. in the midst of a group of mountains) Exodus 34:3 בְּכָל (JE) 25:40; 26:30; 27:8; Numbers 28:6 (all P), Isaiah 13:4; but בְּחֹרֵב Psalm 106:19 = at Horeb, הָהָר בְּהֹר Numbers 33:37 at Mt. Hor; go down from the mountain is מִןהָֿהָר יָרַד Exodus 32:1, 15 (both J E) 34:29 (twice in verse) (both P), compare Judges 9:36 etc. b. mountain-range הַרבָּֿשָׁן Psalm 68:16 (twice in verse) = הַראֱֿלֹהִים 68:16; = הַרגַּֿבְנֻנִּים 68:16, גַּבְנֻנִּים הָרִים 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; הֶהָרִים הָרִים,, covered by flood Genesis 7:20 compare 7:19; 8:5; covered by waters & freed therefrom by word of God (at creation) Psalm 104:6; a chief work of God (in creation) Amos 4:13; Psalm 65:7; 90:2; Proverbs 8:25 ("" גְּבָעוֺת); weighed by God Isaiah 40:12; removed and overturned in anger of God Job 9:5 compare Psalm 46:3; 46:4; devastated by God Isaiah 42:15 ("" גְּבָעוֺת) compare Jeremiah 9:9; smoking at God's touch Psalm 104:32; 144:5; melting at presence of ׳י Judges 5:5; Micah 1:4; Psalm 97:5; Isaiah 63:19; 64:2; trembling 5:25 compare Jeremiah 4:24 ("" גְּבָעוֺת), Nahum 1:5 ("" id.), Habakkuk 3:10; called to witness Yahweh's dealings with his people Micah 6:2 ("" אָ֑רֶץ מֹסְדֵי הָאֵתָנִים) compare 6:1 ("" הַגְּבָעוֺת), entreated to cover the guilty Hosea 10:8 ("" גְּבָעוֺת); addressed by ׳י also Ezekiel 6:3 ("" גְּבָעוֺת, opposed to גֵּאָוֺת אֲפִיקִים,); specifically, mountains of Israel summoned to hear ׳י and addressed by him 36:1 (twice in verse); 36:4, 8; 37:22; 38:8; 39:2, 4; summoned to praise ׳י Psalm 148:9 ("" גְּבָעוֺת) compare Isaiah 44:23; 49:13; 55:12 ("" גְּבָעוֺת); leaping in praise of ׳י Psalm 114:4; 114:6 (both "" גְּבָעוֺת); הַרֲרֵיקֶֿדֶם Deuteronomy 33:15 ("" עוֺלָם גִּבְעוֺת); הַרֲרֵיעַֿד Habakkuk 3:6 ("" id.); הַרֲרֵיעַֿד also Psalm 76:5 (according to ᵐ5 Bi Che; ᵑ0 has טֶרֶף for עַד), and probably Genesis 49:26 for עַד הוֺרַי ᵑ0 ("" עוֺלָם גִּבְעֹת) compare Di. d. high mountain גָּבֹהַּ הַר Isaiah 30:25 ("" נִשָּׂאָה גִּבְעָה) compare 40:9; 52:7; מְאֹד גָּכֹהַּ הַר Ezekiel 40:2; וְתָלוּל גָּבֹהַּ הַר 17:22; plural הַגְּבֹהִים הֶהָרִים Genesis 7:19; Psalm 104:18 ("" סְלָעִים), ׳הֶה הָרָמִים Isaiah 2:14 as symbol of strength and pride ("" הַנִּשָּׂאוֺת הַגְּבָעוֺת), compare הֶהָרִים Ezekiel 38:20 ("" חוֺמָה מַדְרֵגוֺת,). e. opposite valley or plain Joshua 12:8 (D; opposed to שְׁפֵלָה עֲרָבָה, אֲשֵׁדוֺת, מִדְּבָּר,), compare Deuteronomy 1:7, also Jeremiah 17:26 (opposed to שְׁפֵלָה); Genesis 19:17 (J; opposed to כִּכָּר); often opposed to גַּיְא 2 Kings 2:16; Ezekiel 31:12 (figurative) 32:5 (id.) 35:8 ("" גִּבְעָה), 36:4 ("" id.), Isaiah 40:4 ("" id.), opposed to בִּקְעָה Deuteronomy 8:7; 11:11; Psalm 104:8; opposed to מִדְבָּר Lamentations 4:19 (compare Joshua 12:8 above); הָרִים בֵּין Psalm 104:10 is "" בַּנְּחָלִים; see also י הָרִים ׳אֱלֹהֵי עֲמָקִים וְלֹאאֱֿלֹהֵי 1 Kings 20:28, compare 20:23 (opposed to מִישׁוֺר); note also הָעֵמֶק הַר Joshua 13:19 (P), & גֵּיהָֿרִים גֵּיאהָֿרַי, Zechariah 14:5 (twice in verse); further הָרִים מִדְבַּר Psalm 75:7 mountainous desert Vrss. & most modern (Baer מִדְבָּר but compare De); mountain-ward is הֶ֫רָה Genesis 14:10. f. mountains as hiding-places: — בֶּהָרִים אֲוֶר הַמִּנְהָרוֺת Judges 6:2 the burrows (Stanley, VB) which are in the mountains; compare Psalm 11:1; Jeremiah 16:16 ("" גִּבְעָה); הָרִים מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ הָפַךְ Job 28:9 (of mining), see also Deuteronomy 8:9. g. mountains as running-place of gazelles 1 Chronicles 12:8; of leopards נְמֵרִים הַרֲרֵי Song of Solomon 4:8; hunting-ground for partridges 1 Samuel 26:20; הָרִים עוֺף Psalm 50:11; compare 11:1 (figurative); wandering-place of lost sheep (figurative) Nahum 3:18; 1 Kings 22:17; Jeremiah 50:6 compare 50:6 ("" גִּבְעָה), Ezekiel 34:6 ("" רָמָה כָּלגִּֿבְעָה) 2 Chronicles 18:16. h. grazing-places for cattle בְּהַרֲרֵיאָֿ֑לֶף בְּהֵמוֺתPsalm 50:10 (read אֵל for אלף Ol Bi Che), compare הָרִים יְתוּר Job 39:8 of pasture of wild ass; also (si vera lectio) הָרִים בּוּל 40:20, i.e. mountains as furnishing food for hippopotamus; see further Song of Solomon 4:6; 8:14; Proverbs 27:25. i. as place of field and vineyards2 Chronicles 26:10 (opposed to מִישׁוֺר שְׁפֵלָה,) Isaiah 7:25; see also חָצִיר הָרִים הַמַּצְמִיחַ Psalm 147:8 compare Haggai 1:11; figurative Psalm 72:3 ("" גְּבָעוֺת); in promise חָלָב תֵּלַכְנָה וְהַגְּבָעוֺת עָסִיס הֶהָרִים יִטְּפוּ Joel 4:18 compare Amos 9:13; j. as kindled into flame (i.e. their forests; in simile) Psalm 83:15. k. as scene of massacre, (figurative) Isaiah 34:3 melting with blood; as place of battle array, height 1 Samuel 17:3 (twice in verse). 1 as places of illicit worship Isaiah 65:7 ("" גְּבָעוֺת) compare Jeremiah 3:6 & apparently 3:25 ("" id.) so וְנִשָּׂא הַרגָּֿבֹהַּ Isaiah 57:7, הָרָמִים הֶהָרִים Deuteronomy 12:2 ("" הַגְּבָעוֺת); but Ezekiel 18:6, 15 read perhaps הַדָּם for הרים compare RSK 310 & 33:25. masculine in various combinations הָהָר צַד 1 Samuel 23:26 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 13:34 side of the mountain, הָהָר צֵלַע 16:13 id.; הָרִים מֹץ Isaiah 17:13 chaff of mountains; הָרִים זֶרֶם Job 24:8 mountain-shower; הֶהָרִים צֵל Judges 9:36 shadow of the mountains; נְחשֶׁת הָרֵי וְהֶהָרִים הָרִים שְׁנֵי מִבֵּין Zechariah 6:1; top of mountain usually הָהָר ראֹשׁ Numbers 14:40, 44; 1 Samuel 26:13; 2 Kings 1:9; as place for beacon Isaiah 30:17 ("" גִּבְעָה), (compare הַרנִֿשְׁמֶּה 13:2 & הָרִים נְשׂאֹנֵֿס 18:3), הֶהָרִים ראֹשׁ 2:2 = Micah 4:1, הָרִים ראֹשׁ Isaiah 42:11 ("" סֶלַע as dwelling-place) see also Psalm 72:16; הֶהָרִים רָאשֵׁי Genesis 8:5; as lurking-places for ambuscade Judges 9:25, 36, placesfor altars Ezekiel 6:13 ("" רָמָה גִּבְעָה), for sacrifice Hosea 4:13 ("" הַגְּבָעוֺת); הָהָר ראֹשׁ Joshua 15:8 = mountain-ridge, compare 15:9; Judges 16:3; הָרִים תּוֺעֲפוֺת Psalm 95:4; foundations of mountains הָרִים מוֺסְדֵי Deuteronomy 32:22; Psalm 18:8 ("" הַשָּׁמַיִם מוֺסְדוֺת 2 Samuel 22:8); compare יָרַדְתִּי הָרִים לְקִצְבֵי Jonah 2:7. noun in figure uses: תָּשִׂים כַּמֹּץ וּגְבָעוֺת וְתָדֹק הָרִים תָּדוּשׁ Isaiah 41:15 figurative of Israel's overcoming its foes; נָ֑שֶׁף עַלהָֿרֵי רַגְלֵיכֶם יִתְנַגְּפוּ Jeremiah 13:16 of encountering hopeless calamities; הֶהָרִים Isaiah 54:10 as less permanent & changeless than Yahweh's kindness ("" גְּבָעוֺת); הַמַּשְׁחִית הַר Jeremiah 51:25 & שְׂרֵפָה הַר 51:25 figurative of Babylon. 2 hill-country, mountain-region, a. opposed to plain, etc.: — dwelling-place of Canaanites, הָהָר Numbers 13:17, 29 (of promised land; opposed to הַיָּם הַנֶּגֶב, אֶרֶץ & יַדהַֿיַּרְדֵּן); הַיָּם וּבְחוֺף וּבַנֶּגֶב וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה בָּהָר בָּֽעֲרָבָה Deuteronomy 1:7; מִיָּם דּוֺר וּבְנָפוֺת וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה כִּנְַּרוֺת נֶגֶב וּבָֽעֲרָבָה בָּהָר Joshua 11:2; וּבַנֶּגֶב וּבַמִּדְבָּר וּבָֽאֲשֵׁדוֺת וּבָֽעֲרָבָה וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה בָּהָר 12:8; compare 9:1; 10:40; Judges 1:9; הָהָר indefinite (the hill-country, the mountains, in General) 2 Chronicles 2:1 (place for hewing wood) so v.2:17; Nehemiah 8:15 (place for cutting boughs), etc. b. of a particular mountain-region, hill-country: הָאֱמֹרִי הַר Deuteronomy 1:7 (compare 1:7) 1:19 (compare 1:24), also Joshua 10:6; of Amalekites Judges 12:15; of Ephraim Joshua 17:15; 19:50; 20:7; 21:21; 24:30, 33; Judges 3:27; 4:5; 7:24; 9:48; 17:1 6t. Judges 17; 1 Samuel 1:1; 9:4; 14:22; 2 Samuel 20:21; 1 Kings 4:8; 12:25; 2 Kings 5:22; 1 Chronicles 6:52; 2 Chronicles 13:4; 15:8; 19:4; Jeremiah 4:15; 31:6; Ephraim and Gilead 50:19 (compare also (ה)הר Joshua 17:16, 18; Judges 3:27); of Israel Joshua 11:16, 21, cf. יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרֵי Ezekiel 6:2; 19:9; 33:28; 34:13; 35:12; יִשְׂרָאֵל מְרוֺם הָרֵי 17:23; 20:40 ("" הַרקָֿדְשִׁי) 34:14; הָהָר עָרֵי i.e. in mountain-country Deuteronomy 2:37 (of Ammonites), Jeremiah 32:44; 33:13; hill-country of Judah Joshua 11:21; 15:48; 18:12; 20:7; 21:11; 2 Chronicles 21:11 (יהודה הָרֵי) 27:4; abode of Jebusites Joshua 11:3. הֲרָרֶיהָ הַרֲרִי, הַרֲרָם, הֲרָרִי, הַרֲרִי, see הר. |