But the word has not always that meaning, and may equally imply eminence in other respects, e.g. superior sanctity to the numerous other high places — Bethel, Ranmah, Mizpeh, Gibeah which surrounded it on every side. The main objection to this identification is the distance of neby Sam...
(Researches, 3:373) of a Druse village, built on a hill which rises 200 feet above the level of the plain, and commands a noble view of the great basin of the Hlleh; it bears the name of Mutulleh or Metelleh, an Arabic word of the same meaning as Mizpah, and employed to ...
However, the places themselves; their names, their climates, their distinct features, add an extra layer of meaning to the stories we thought we knew. Dr Jonathan Lipnick, the creator of this course, is a licensed Israeli tour guide. As someone who actually lives in and travels throughout ...
The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.20 The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon—to do his work, ...
(4) שׁמוּעִ אֵל, "heard of God." This, which is the most obvious, may have the same meaning as the previous derivation, which is supported by the sacred text (1Sa 1:20). II. History.— 1. Private Life.— The circumstances of his birth were ominous of...
He and his brother Armoni were among the seven victims who were surrendered by David to the Gibeonites, and by them crucified in sacrifice- to Jehovah, to avert a famine from which the country was suffering. There is no doubt about this being the real meaning of the word יָקִ...
The hill Bezetha, interpreted by Josephus as meaning "New City," placed by him opposite Acra, and stated to be originally lower than it, is said by him also to lie over against the tower Antonia, from which it was separated by a deep fosse (War, 5, 4, 1 and 2). SEE BEZETHA. ...
Thus Dido is found to belong to the same root as David, "beloved;" meaning "his love" or "delight:" i.e., the love or delight either of Baal or of her husband: Hasdrubal is the man "whose help Baal is:" Hamilcar the man whom the god "Milcar graciously granted" (comp. Hana...
In Josephus, besides the foregoing, we find the sparrow's pool (τὸ Στρονθίον, which may have a different meaning; see Beekman, Emfind. 4, 19), opposite the Castle of Antonia, in the north of the city (War, 5, 11, 4), now Birket Israil, or perhaps Birket el-...