הַר

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[הוֺר], assumed by Thes and others as ancient form for הַר mountain, to explain הוֺרַי Gen 49:26, read הוֺרֵיעָֿד; but better הַרֲרֵיעַֿד everlasting mountains, see הַר below הרר.
הַר558 noun masculineGen 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 Jos 17:18 +; with article הָהָר Exo 3:12 +; with ָ ה locative הֶ֫רָה Gen 14:10, הָהָ֫רָה Gen 12:8 Gen 12:12t.; construct הַר Gen 10:30 +; suffix הַרֲרִי Psa 30:8, הֲרָרִי Jer 17:3; הַרְכֶם Psa 11:1; הַרֲרָם Gen 14:6; plural הָרִים Deu 11:11 +; with article הֶהָרִים Gen 7:19 +; construct הָרֵי Gen 8:4 27t.; הַרֲרֵי Deu 33:15 Deu 33:8t. (all poetry); suffix הָרַי Isa 14:25; Isa 49:11; Zec 14:5 + Eze 38:21 (B Co חרדה), הָרָ֑י Isa 65:9; הָרָיו Eze 35:8; Mal 1:3; הֲרָרֶיהָ Deu 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) Exo 19:11, Exo 19:18, Exo 19:20, Exo 19:23; Exo 24:16; Exo 31:18; Exo 34:2, Exo 34:4, Exo 34:29, Exo 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., Exo 19:2 Exo 19:10t. Exodus 19 (Exo 19:18 read הָעָם, so Manuscripts ᵐ5 Di) Exo 20:18; Exo 24:4 Exo 24:6t. Exodus 24; Exo 25:40; Exo 26:30; Exo 27:8; Exo 32:1, Exo 32:15, Exo 32:19; Exo 34:2-3,(twice in verse); Exo 34:29; = חוֺרֵב הֵר Exo 33:6 (see חֹרֵב), also חֹרֵ֑בָה הָאֱלֹהִים אֶלהַֿר Exo 3:1, חֹרֵב הָאֱלֹהִים הַר עַד 1Ki 19:8; further הָהָר = id., Deu 4:11 (twice in verse); Deu 5:4-5, Deu 5:19, Deu 5:20; Deu 9:9-10t. Deuteronomy 9.. 10, 1Ki 19:11; = הָאֱלֹהִים הַר Exo 4:27; Exo 18:5; Exo 24:13 (all J E) = יחוה הַר Num 10:33 (compare Di); see further הָהָר הֹר Hor the mount (so always) Num 20:22 Num 20:10t. Numbers; Deu 32:50; = חָחָר Num 20:28 (twice in verse); נְבוֺ הַר Deu 32:49; Deu 34:1 = הָהָר Deu 32:50; = הַזֶּה הָעֲבָרִים הַר Num 27:12; Deu 32:49, compare (נְבוֺ לִפְנֵי) הָעֲבָרִים הָרֵי Num 33:47-48, גְּרִזִּים הַר Mt. Gerizim Deu 11:29; Deu 27:12; Jos 8:33; הַרגְּֿרִזִּים ראֹשׁ Jdg 9:7; עֵֹיבָ֑ל הַר Mt. Ebal Deu 11:29; Deu 27:4; Deu 24:13; Jos 8:30, Jos 8:33; also חֶרְמוֺן הַר Mt. Hermon Deu 3:8; Jos 11:17; Jos 12:1, Jos 12:5; Jos 13:5, Jos 13:11; 1Ch 5:23; compare Deu 4:48 חֶרְמוֺן הוּא שִׂיאֹן הַר (see חֶרְמוֺן), & חֶרְמוֺן בַּעַל הַר (see id., & חרמון בעל below בעל); חַלְּבָנוֺן הַר Mt. Lebanon Jdg 3:3, compare לְבָנוֺן יַרְכְּתֵי הָרִים מְרוֺם 2Ki 19:23 = Isa 37:24 (see לבנון); הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל הַר Mt. Carmel 1Ki 18:19-20, 2Ki 2:25; 2Ki 4:25 (see כרמל); הָהָר = id., 2Ki 4:27, apparently also 2Ki 1:9; תָּבוֺר הַר Mt. Tabor, Jdg 4:6, Jdg 4:12, Jdg 4:14, compare Jer 46:18 בֶּהָרִים תָּבוֺר (opposed to בַּיָּם כַּרְמֶל); הַגִּלְבֹּעַ הַר 1Sa 31:1, 1Sa 31:8; 2Sa 1:6, also (poetry) בַּגּ ׳הָרֵי 2Sa 1:21 (compare Dr); הַרחֶֿרֶס Jdg 1:35 (Stu חֶרֶס עָר) compare חֶרֶס; הַזֵּיתִים הַר Zec 14:4 (twice in verse) Mount of Olives, (opposed to גֵּיא) compare לָעִיר מִקֶּדֶם אֲשֶׁר הָהָר Eze 11:23; also יְרוּשָׁלַםִ עַלמְּֿנֵי אֲשֶׁר בָּהָר 1Ki 11:7 (place of Solomon's idolatry) = הַרהַֿמַּשְׁחִית 2Ki 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 המשׁחה הר Talmud, Shabb. 56 b), compare HoffmZAW 1882, 175; הֶהָרִים אַחַד in land of Moriah Gen 22:2; mountains about Jerusalem in General, לָהּ סָבִיב הָרִים יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Psa 125:2; compare also Psa 121:1 (|| יהוה); הָהָר of citadel of Jerusalem Isa 22:5; of temple hill הַבַּיִת הַר Mic 3:12 = Jer 26:18; בֵּיתיֿ ׳הַר Isa 2:2 = Mic 4:1; 2Ch 33:15; also בַּשָּׂדֶה הֲרָרִי Jer 17:3; further צִיּוֺן הַר 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; Obadiah 17.. Joe 3:5; Psa 48:3; Psa 48:12; Psa 74:2; Psa 78:68; Psa 125:1 (see also צִיּוֺן); compare בַּ֯יתצִֿיּוֺן הַר Isa 10:32, צ בַּת ׳הַר Isa 16:1; ׳הַריֿ Isa 2:3 = Mic 4:2; Isa 30:29; Psa 24:3; (id. of Horeb Num 10:33 J E); הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַר ׳הַריֿ צְבָאוֺת Zec 8:3, הַרקָֿדְשִׁי Zep 3:11; Obadiah 16; Eze 20:40; Isa 11:9 = Isa 65:25, compare Isa 56:7; Isa 57:13; Isa 65:11; Joe 2:1 (|| צִיּוֺן) Joel 4:17 (|| id.) Psa 2:6 (|| id.) Psa 3:5; Psa 15:1; Psa 43:3; Psa 48:2; see further יְרוּשָׁלַםִ הַרקָֿדְשִׁי Isa 66:20 compare Dan 9:16 & יְרוּשָׁלַםִ הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַר Isa 27:13; also צְבִיקֹֿדֶשׁ הַר Dan 11:45; הַרהַֿקֹּדֶשׁ Jer 31:23; even אֱלֹהַי קֹדֶשׁ הַר Dan 9:20; other designations of temple-hill are ׳א לְשִׁבְתּוֺ חָמַד הָהָר Psa 68:17, & יִשְׂרָאֵל מְרוֺם הַר Eze 17:23; Eze 20:40 (|| הַרקָֿדְשִׁי); אֱלֹהִים קֹדֶשׁ הַר Eze 28:14 of the distant abode of God (or gods?) so אֱלֹהִים הַר Eze 28:16 (הַראֱֿלֹהִים Psa 68:16 is General, a God's mountain, i.e. a majestic mountain, likewise in simile מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ כְּהַרֲרֵיאֵֿל Psa 36:7); — הָאֱלֹהִים הַר elsewhere of Horeb (Sinai) Exo 4:27; Exo 18:5; Exo 24:13; 1Ki 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 Jr57ff. JenKosmologie 23. Upon the mountain is עָלהָֿהָר compare עַלהֶֿהָרִים עַלבְּֿתוּלָיהָ וַתֵּבְךְּ Jdg 11:38, & the peculiar phrase הֶהָרִים עַלֿ וְיָרַדְתִּי וְאֵלְכָה Jdg 11:37; go up upon אָלֿ עָלָה Exo 19:23; Exo 24:13; Exo 34:4 (all J E); compare accusative in הָהָר הֹר אֹתָם הַעַל Num 20:25; speak with one upon is בהר דבר Exo 31:18; Exo 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) Exo 34:3 בְּכָל (JE) Exo 25:40; Exo 26:30; Exo 27:8; Num 28:6 (all P), Isa 13:4; but בְּחֹרֵב Psa 106:19 = at Horeb, הָהָר בְּהֹר Num 33:37 at Mt. Hor; go down from the mountain is מִןהָֿהָר יָרַד Exo 32:1, Exo 32:15 (both J E) Exo 34:29 (twice in verse) (both P), compare Jdg 9:36 etc.
b. mountain-range הַרבָּֿשָׁן Psa 68:16 (twice in verse) = הַראֱֿלֹהִים Psa 68:16; = הַרגַּֿבְנֻנִּים Psa 68:16, גַּבְנֻנִּים הָרִים Psa 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 Gen 7:20 compare Gen 7:19; Gen 8:5; covered by waters & freed therefrom by word of God (at creation) Psa 104:6; a chief work of God (in creation) Amo 4:13; Psa 65:7; Psa 90:2; Pro 8:25 (|| גְּבָעוֺת); weighed by God Isa 40:12; removed and overturned in anger of God Job 9:5 compare Psa 46:3; Psa 46:4; devastated by God Isa 42:15 (|| גְּבָעוֺת) compare Jer 9:9; smoking at God's touch Psa 104:32; Psa 144:5; melting at presence of ׳י Jdg 5:5; Mic 1:4; Psa 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 (|| אָ֑רֶץ מֹסְדֵי הָאֵתָנִים) compare Mic 6:1 (|| הַגְּבָעוֺת), entreated to cover the guilty Hos 10:8 (|| גְּבָעוֺת); addressed by ׳י also Eze 6:3 (|| גְּבָעוֺת, opposed to גֵּאָוֺת אֲפִיקִים,); specifically, mountains of Israel summoned to hear ׳י and addressed by him Eze 36:1 (twice in verse); Eze 36:4, Eze 36:8; Eze 37:22; Eze 38:8; Eze 39:2, Eze 39:4; summoned to praise ׳י Psa 148:9 (|| גְּבָעוֺת) compare Isa 44:23; Isa 49:13; Isa 55:12 (|| גְּבָעוֺת); leaping in praise of ׳י Psa 114:4; Psa 114:6 (both || גְּבָעוֺת); הַרֲרֵיקֶֿדֶם Deu 33:15 (|| עוֺלָם גִּבְעוֺת); הַרֲרֵיעַֿד Hab 3:6 (|| id.); הַרֲרֵיעַֿד also Psa 76:5 (according to ᵐ5 Bi Che; ᵑ0 has טֶרֶף for עַד), and probably Gen 49:26 for עַד הוֺרַי ᵑ0 (|| עוֺלָם גִּבְעֹת) compare Di.
d. high mountain גָּבֹהַּ הַר Isa 30:25 (|| נִשָּׂאָה גִּבְעָה) compare Isa 40:9; Isa 52:7; מְאֹד גָּכֹהַּ הַר Eze 40:2; וְתָלוּל גָּבֹהַּ הַר Eze 17:22; plural הַגְּבֹהִים הֶהָרִים Gen 7:19; Psa 104:18 (|| סְלָעִים), ׳הֶה הָרָמִים Isa 2:14 as symbol of strength and pride (|| הַנִּשָּׂאוֺת הַגְּבָעוֺת), compare הֶהָרִים Eze 38:20 (|| חוֺמָה מַדְרֵגוֺת,).
e. opposite valley or plain Jos 12:8 (D; opposed to שְׁפֵלָה עֲרָבָה, אֲשֵׁדוֺת, מִדְּבָּר,), compare Deu 1:7, also Jer 17:26 (opposed to שְׁפֵלָה); Gen 19:17 (J; opposed to כִּכָּר); often opposed to גַּיְא 2Ki 2:16; Eze 31:12 (figurative) Eze 32:5 (id.) Eze 35:8 (|| גִּבְעָה), Eze 36:4 (|| id.), Isa 40:4 (|| id.), opposed to בִּקְעָה Deu 8:7; Deu 11:11; Psa 104:8; opposed to מִדְבָּר Lam 4:19 (compare Jos 12:8 above); הָרִים בֵּין Psa 104:10 is || בַּנְּחָלִים; see also י הָרִים ׳אֱלֹהֵי עֲמָקִים וְלֹאאֱֿלֹהֵי 1Ki 20:28, compare 1Ki 20:23 (opposed to מִישׁוֺר); note also הָעֵמֶק הַר Jos 13:19 (P), & גֵּיהָֿרִים גֵּיאהָֿרַי, Zec 14:5 (twice in verse); further הָרִים מִדְבַּר Psa 75:7 mountainous desert Vrss. & most modern (Baer מִדְבָּר but compare De); mountain-ward is הֶ֫רָה Gen 14:10.
f. mountains as hiding-places: — בֶּהָרִים אֲוֶר הַמִּנְהָרוֺת Jdg 6:2 the burrows (Stanley, VB) which are in the mountains; compare Psa 11:1; Jer 16:16 (|| גִּבְעָה); הָרִים מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ הָפַךְ Job 28:9 (of mining), see also Deu 8:9.
g. mountains as running-place of gazelles 1Ch 12:8; of leopards נְמֵרִים הַרֲרֵי Son 4:8; hunting-ground for partridges 1Sa 26:20; הָרִים עוֺף Psa 50:11; compare Psa 11:1 (figurative); wandering-place of lost sheep (figurative) Nah 3:18; 1Ki 22:17; Jer 50:6 compare Jer 50:6 (|| גִּבְעָה), Eze 34:6 (|| רָמָה כָּלגִּֿבְעָה) 2Ch 18:16.
h. grazing-places for cattle בְּהַרֲרֵיאָֿ֑לֶף בְּהֵמוֺתPsa 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 Job 40:20, i.e. mountains as furnishing food for hippopotamus; see further Son 4:6; Son 8:14; Pro 27:25.
i. as place of field and vineyards2Ch 26:10 (opposed to מִישׁוֺר שְׁפֵלָה,) Isa 7:25; see also חָצִיר הָרִים הַמַּצְמִיחַ Psa 147:8 compare Hag 1:11; figurative <ref>Psa 72