Hermon – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Hermon
n.
mountain in northern Israel
Mount Hermon
Mount Hermon ( /
ALA-LC:
Jabal al-Shaykh ("Mountain of the Chief") or
Jabal Haramun; ,
Har Hermon, "Mount Hermon") is a
mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the
Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Its summit straddles the
border between Syria and Lebanon and, at 2,814 m (9,232 ft) above
sea level, is the highest point in
Syria. On the top, in the
United Nations buffer zone between Syria and Israeli-occupied territory, is the highest permanently manned
UN position in the world, known as "Hermon Hotel". The southern slopes of Mount Hermon extend to the Israeli-occupied portion of the
Golan Heights, where the
Mount Hermon ski resort is located. A peak in this area rising to 2,236 m (7,336 ft) is the highest elevation in Israeli-controlled territory.
Hermon
n.
Hermon, Mount Hermon, mountain in the north of Israel
Hermon
anathema; devoted to destruction
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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Hermon
(a peak, summit), a mountain on the northeastern border of Palestine, (3:8; Joshua 12:1) over against Lebanon, (Joshua 11:17) adjoining the plateau of Bashan. (1 Chronicles 5:23) It stands at the southern end, and is the culminating point of the anti-Libanus range; it towers high above the ancient border city of Dan and the fountains of the Jordan, and is the most conspicuous and beautiful mountain in Palestine or Assyria. At the present day it is called Jebel esh-Sheikh, "the chief mountain," and Jebel eth-Thelj, "snowy mountain." When the whole country is parched with the summer sun, white lines of snow streak the head of Hermon. This mountain was the great landmark of the Israelites. It was associated with their northern border almost as intimately as the sea was with the western. Hermon has three summits, situated like the angles of a triangle, and about a quarter of a mile from each other. In two passages of Scripture this mountain is called Baal-hermon, (Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 5:23) possibly because Baal was there worshipped. (It is more than probable that some part of Hermon was the scene of the transfiguration, as it stands near Caesarea Philippi, where we know Christ was just before that event-ED.) The height of Hermon has never been measured, though it has often been estimated. It may safely be reckoned at 10,000 feet.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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