HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4176
מוֹרֶה
mo.reh — Moreh
§ Moreh = "teacher" the oak tree at Shechem where Abram stopped when he first entered Canaan; close to the mountains of Ebal and Gerizim
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Moreh
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5878
עֵין חֲרֹד
en cha.rod — Harod
§ En-harod = "spring of Herod" a camping place of Gideon and Israel near the hill of Moreh
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An archer, teacher; fruitful. (1.) A Canaanite probably who inhabited the district south of Shechem, between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, and gave his name to the “plain” there (Gen. 12:6). Here at this “plain,” or rather (R.V.) “oak,” of Moreh, Abraham built his first altar in the land of Palestine; and here the Lord appeared unto him. He afterwards left this plain and moved southward, and pitched his tent between Bethel on the west and Hai on the east (Gen. 12:7, 8).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.