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har: mountain, hill, hill country
Original Word: הָר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: har
Phonetic Spelling: (har)
Short Definition: mountains

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Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
mountain, hill, hill country
NASB Translation
hill (16), hill country (91), hills (8), hillside* (1), mount (118), Mount (5), mountain (156), Mountain (2), mountains (161).

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[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 הָרִים, הֲרָרִים; 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 Genesis 12:8 12t.; construct הַר Genesis 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 Genesis 8:4 27t.; הַרֲרֵי Deuteronomy 33:15 8t. (all poetry); suffix הָרַי Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 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. הַר סִינַי Mount Sinai (properly, the Mount of Sinai; so always) Exodus 19:11,18,20,23; Exodus 24:16; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:2,4,29,32; Leviticus 7:38; Leviticus 25:1; Leviticus 26:46; Leviticus 27:34; Numbers 3:1; Numbers 28:6; Nehemiah 9:13 (see סִינַי); also הָהָר = id., Exodus 19:2 10t. Exodus 19 (Exodus 19:18 read הָעָם, so Manuscripts ᵐ5 Di) Exodus 20:18; Exodus 24:4 6t. Exodus 24; Exodus 25:40; Exodus 26:30; Exodus 27:8; Exodus 32:1,15,19; Exodus 34:2,3(twice in verse); Exodus 34:29; = הֵר חוֺרֵב Exodus 33:6 (see חֹרֵב), also אֶלהַֿר הָאֱלֹהִים חֹרֵ֑בָה Exodus 3:1, עַד הַר הָאֱלֹהִים חֹרֵב 1 Kings 19:8; further הָהָר = id., Deuteronomy 4:11 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 5:4,5,19,20; Deuteronomy 9:9 10t. Deuteronomy 9.. 10, 1 Kings 19:11; = הַר הָאֱלֹהִים Exodus 4:27; Exodus 18:5; Exodus 24:13 (all J E) = הַר יחוה Numbers 10:33 (compare Di); see further הֹר הָהָר Hor the mount (so always) Numbers 20:22 10t. Numbers; Deuteronomy 32:50; = חָחָר Numbers 20:28 (twice in verse); הַר נְבוֺ Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1 = הָהָר Deuteronomy 32:50; = הַר הָעֲבָרִים הַזֶּה Numbers 27:12; Deuteronomy 32:49, compare (לִפְנֵי נְבוֺ) הָרֵי הָעֲבָרִים Numbers 33:47,48; הַר גְּרִזִּים Mt. Gerizim Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:12; Joshua 8:33; ראֹשׁ הַרגְּֿרִזִּים Judges 9:7; הַר עֵֹיבָ֑ל Mt. Ebal Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:4; Deuteronomy 24:13; Joshua 8:30,33; also הַר חֶרְמוֺן Mt. Hermon Deuteronomy 3:8; Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:1,5; Joshua 13:5,11; 1 Chronicles 5:23; compare Deuteronomy 4:48 הַר שִׂיאֹן הוּא חֶרְמוֺן (see חֶרְמוֺן), & הַר בַּעַל חֶרְמוֺן (see id., & בעל חרמון below בעל); הַר חַלְּבָנוֺן Mt. Lebanon Judges 3:3, compare מְרוֺם הָרִים יַרְכְּתֵי לְבָנוֺן 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24 (see לבנון); הַר הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל Mt. Carmel 1 Kings 18:19,20; 2 Kings 2:25; 2 Kings 4:25 (see כרמל); הָהָר = id., 2 Kings 4:27, apparently also 2 Kings 1:9; הַר תָּבוֺר Mt. Tabor, Judges 4:6,12,14, compare Jeremiah 46:18 תָּבוֺר בֶּהָרִים (opposed to כַּרְמֶל בַּיָּם); הַר הַגִּלְבֹּעַ 1 Samuel 31:1,8; 2 Samuel 1:6, also (poetry) ׳הָרֵי בַּגּ 2 Samuel 1:21 (compare Dr); הַרחֶֿרֶס Judges 1:35 (Stu עָר חֶרֶס) compare חֶרֶס; הַר הַזֵּיתִים Zechariah 14:4 (twice in verse) Mount of Olives, (opposed to גֵּיא) compare הָהָר אֲשֶׁר מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר Ezekiel 11:23; also בָּהָר אֲשֶׁר עַלמְּֿנֵי יְרוּשָׁלַםִ 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 הר המשׁחה Talmud, Shabb. 56 b), compare HoffmZAW 1882, 175; אַחַד הֶהָרִים in land of Moriah Genesis 22:2; mountains about Jerusalem in General, יְרוּשָׁלַםִ הָרִים סָבִיב לָהּ Psalm 125:2; compare also Psalm 121:1 ("" יהוה); הָהָר of citadel of Jerusalem Isaiah 22:5; of temple hill הַר הַבַּיִת Micah 3:12 = Jeremiah 26:18; ׳הַר בֵּיתיֿ Isaiah 2:2 = Micah 4:1; 2Chronicles 33:15; also הֲרָרִי בַּשָּׂדֶה Jeremiah 17:3; further הַר צִיּוֺן Mt. Zion Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 8:18; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 18:7; Isaiah 24:23; Isaiah 29:8; Isaiah 31:4; Isaiah 37:32; Micah 4:7; Lamentations 5:18; Obadiah 17.. Joel 3:5; Psalm 48:3; Psalm 48:12; Psalm 74:2; Psalm 78:68; Psalm 125:1 (see also צִיּוֺן); compare הַר בַּ֯יתצִֿיּוֺן Isaiah 10:32, ׳הַר בַּת צ Isaiah 16:1; ׳הַריֿ Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; Isaiah 30:29; Psalm 24:3; (id. of Horeb Numbers 10:33 J E); צְבָאוֺת ׳הַריֿ הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ Zechariah 8:3, הַרקָֿדְשִׁי Zephaniah 3:11; Obadiah 16; Ezekiel 20:40; Isaiah 11:9 = Isaiah 65:25, compare Isaiah 56:7; Isaiah 57:13; Isaiah 65:11; Joel 2:1 ("" צִיּוֺן) Joel 4:17 ("" id.) Psalm 2:6 ("" id.) Psalm 3:5; Psalm 15:1; Psalm 43:3; Psalm 48:2; see further הַרקָֿדְשִׁי יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Isaiah 66:20 compare Daniel 9:16 & הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Isaiah 27:13; also הַר צְבִיקֹֿדֶשׁ Daniel 11:45; הַרהַֿקֹּדֶשׁ Jeremiah 31:23; even הַר קֹדֶשׁ אֱלֹהַי Daniel 9:20; other designations of temple-hill are הָהָר חָמַד לְשִׁבְתּוֺ ׳א Psalm 68:17, & הַר מְרוֺם יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 20:40 ("" הַרקָֿדְשִׁי); הַר קֹדֶשׁ אֱלֹהִים Ezekiel 28:14 of the distant abode of God (or gods?) so הַר אֱלֹהִים Ezekiel 28:16 (הַראֱֿלֹהִים Psalm 68:16 is General, a God's mountain, i.e. a majestic mountain, likewise in simile כְּהַרֲרֵיאֵֿל מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ Psalm 36:7); — הַר הָאֱלֹהִים elsewhere of Horeb (Sinai) Exodus 4:27; Exodus 18:5; Exodus 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 וַתֵּבְךְּ עַלבְּֿתוּלָיהָ עַלהֶֿהָרִים Judges 11:38, & the peculiar phrase וְאֵלְכָה וְיָרַדְתִּי עַלֿ הֶהָרִים Judges 11:37; go up upon עָלָה אָלֿ Exodus 19:23; Exodus 24:13; Exodus 34:4 (all J E); compare accusative in הַעַל אֹתָם הֹר הָהָר Numbers 20:25; speak with one upon is דבר בהר Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:32; Numbers 3:1 (all P), Leviticus 25:1 (H), compare command, give commands, law, etc., בהר Leviticus 7:38; Leviticus 26:46; Leviticus 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) Exodus 25:40; Exodus 26:30; Exodus 27:8; Numbers 28:6 (all P), Isaiah 13:4; but בְּחֹרֵב Psalm 106:19 = at Horeb, בְּהֹר הָהָר Numbers 33:37 at Mt. Hor; go down from the mountain is יָרַד מִןהָֿהָר Exodus 32:1,15 (both J E) Exodus 34:29 (twice in verse) (both P), compare Judges 9:36 etc.

b. mountain-range הַרבָּֿשָׁן Psalm 68:16 (twice in verse) = הַראֱֿלֹהִים Psalm 68:16; = הַרגַּֿבְנֻנִּים Psalm 68:16, הָרִים גַּבְנֻנִּים Psalm 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; הָרִים, הֶהָרִים, covered by flood Genesis 7:20 compare Genesis 7:19; Genesis 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; Psalm 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; Psalm 46:4; devastated by God Isaiah 42:15 ("" גְּבָעוֺת) compare Jeremiah 9:9; smoking at God's touch Psalm 104:32; Psalm 144:5; melting at presence of ׳י Judges 5:5; Micah 1:4; Psalm 97:5; Isaiah 63:19; Isaiah 64:2; trembling Isaiah 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 ("" הָאֵתָנִים מֹסְדֵי אָ֑רֶץ) compare Micah 6:1 ("" הַגְּבָעוֺת), entreated to cover the guilty Hosea 10:8 ("" גְּבָעוֺת); addressed by ׳י also Ezekiel 6:3 ("" גְּבָעוֺת, opposed to אֲפִיקִים, גֵּאָוֺת); specifically, mountains of Israel summoned to hear ׳י and addressed by him Ezekiel 36:1 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 36:4,8; Ezekiel 37:22; Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 39:2,4; summoned to praise ׳י Psalm 148:9 ("" גְּבָעוֺת) compare Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 55:12 ("" גְּבָעוֺת); leaping in praise of ׳י Psalm 114:4; Psalm 114:6 (both "" גְּבָעוֺת); הַרֲרֵיקֶֿדֶם Deuteronomy 33:15 ("" גִּבְעוֺת עוֺלָם); 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 ᵑ0 הוֺרַי עַד ("" גִּבְעֹת עוֺלָם) compare Di.

d. high mountain הַר גָּבֹהַּ Isaiah 30:25 ("" גִּבְעָה נִשָּׂאָה) compare Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 52:7; הַר גָּכֹהַּ מְאֹד Ezekiel 40:2; הַר גָּבֹהַּ וְתָלוּל Ezekiel 17:22; plural הֶהָרִים הַגְּבֹהִים Genesis 7:19; Psalm 104:18 ("" סְלָעִים), הָרָמִים ׳הֶה Isaiah 2:14 as symbol of strength and pride ("" הַגְּבָעוֺת הַנִּשָּׂאוֺת), compare הֶהָרִים Ezekiel 38:20 ("" מַדְרֵגוֺת, חוֺמָה).

e. opposite valley or plain Joshua 12:8 (D; opposed to מִדְּבָּר, אֲשֵׁדוֺת, עֲרָבָה, שְׁפֵלָה), 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) Ezekiel 32:5 (id.) Ezekiel 35:8 ("" גִּבְעָה), Ezekiel 36:4 ("" id.), Isaiah 40:4 ("" id.), opposed to בִּקְעָה Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 11:11; Psalm 104:8; opposed to מִדְבָּר Lamentations 4:19 (compare Joshua 12:8 above); בֵּין הָרִים Psalm 104:10 is "" בַּנְּחָלִים; see also וְלֹאאֱֿלֹהֵי עֲמָקִים ׳אֱלֹהֵי הָרִים י 1 Kings 20:28, compare 1 Kings 20:23 (opposed to מִישׁוֺר); note also הַר הָעֵמֶק Joshua 13:19 (P), & גֵּיאהָֿרַי, גֵּיהָֿרִים Zechariah 14:5 (twice in verse); further מִדְבַּר הָרִים 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: — הַמִּנְהָרוֺת אֲוֶר בֶּהָרִים Judges 6:2 the burrows (Stanley, VB) which are in the mountains; compare Psalm 11:1; Jeremiah 16:16 ("" גִּבְעָה); הָפַךְ מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ הָרִים Job 28:9 (of mining), see also Deuteronomy 8:9.

g. mountains as running-place of gazelles 1 Chronicles 12:8; of leopards הַרֲרֵי נְמֵרִים Songs 4:8; hunting-ground for partridges 1 Samuel 26:20; עוֺף הָרִים Psalm 50:11; compare Psalm 11:1 (figurative); wandering-place of lost sheep (figurative) Nahum 3:18; 1 Kings 22:17; Jeremiah 50:6 compare Jeremiah 50:6 ("" גִּבְעָה), Ezekiel 34:6 ("" כָּלגִּֿבְעָה רָמָה) 2 Chronicles 18:16.

h. grazing-places for cattle בְּהֵמוֺת בְּהַרֲרֵיאָֿ֑לֶףPsalm 50:10 (read אֵל for אלף Ol Bi Che), compare יְתוּר הָרִים Job 39:8 of pasture of wild ass; also (si vera lectio) בּוּל הָרִים Job 40:20, i.e. mountains as furnishing food for hippopotamus; see further Songs 4:6; Songs 8:14; Proverbs 27:25.

i. as place of field and vineyards2Chronicles 26:10 (opposed to שְׁפֵלָה, מִישׁוֺר) Isaiah 7:25; see also הַמַּצְמִיחַ הָרִים חָצִיר Psalm 147:8 compare Haggai 1:11; figurative Psalm 72:3 ("" גְּבָעוֺת); in promise יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס וְהַגְּבָעוֺת תֵּלַכְנָה חָלָב 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 Jeremiah 3:25 ("" id.) so הַרגָּֿבֹהַּ וְנִשָּׂא Isaiah 57:7, הֶהָרִים הָרָמִים Deuteronomy 12:2 ("" הַגְּבָעוֺת); but Ezekiel 18:6,15 read perhaps הַדָּם for הרים compare RSK 310 & Ezekiel 33:25. masculine in various combinations צַד הָהָר 1 Samuel 23:26 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 13:34 side of the mountain, צֵלַע הָהָר 2 Samuel 16:13 id.; מֹץ הָרִים Isaiah 17:13 chaff of mountains; זֶרֶם הָרִים Job 24:8 mountain-shower; צֵל הֶהָרִים Judges 9:36 shadow of the mountains; מִבֵּין שְׁנֵי הָרִים וְהֶהָרִים הָרֵי נְחשֶׁת Zechariah 6:1; top of mountain usually ראֹשׁ הָהָר Numbers 14:40,44; 1 Samuel 26:13; 2 Kings 1:9; as place for beacon Isaiah 30:17 ("" גִּבְעָה), (compare הַרנִֿשְׁמֶּה Isaiah 13:2 & נְשׂאֹנֵֿס הָרִים Isaiah 18:3), ראֹשׁ הֶהָרִים Isaiah 2:2 = Micah 4:1, ראֹשׁ הָרִים Isaiah 42:11 ("" סֶלַע as dwelling-place) see also Psalm 72:16; רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים Genesis 8:5; as lurking-places for ambuscade Judges 9:25,36, placesfor altars Ezekiel 6:13 ("" גִּבְעָה רָמָה), for sacrifice Hosea 4:13 ("" הַגְּבָעוֺת); ראֹשׁ הָהָר Joshua 15:8 = mountain-ridge, compare Joshua 15:9; Judges 16:3; תּוֺעֲפוֺת הָרִים Psalm 95:4; foundations of mountains מוֺסְדֵי הָרִים Deuteronomy 32:22; Psalm 18:8 ("" מוֺסְדוֺת הַשָּׁמַיִם 2 Samuel 22:8); compare לְקִצְבֵי הָרִים יָרַדְתִּי Jonah 2:7.

noun in figure uses: תָּדוּשׁ הָרִים וְתָדֹק וּגְבָעוֺת כַּמֹּץ תָּשִׂים Isaiah 41:15 figurative of Israel's overcoming its foes; יִתְנַגְּפוּ רַגְלֵיכֶם עַלהָֿרֵי נָ֑שֶׁף Jeremiah 13:16 of encountering hopeless calamities; הֶהָרִים Isaiah 54:10 as less permanent & changeless than Yahweh's kindness ("" גְּבָעוֺת); הַר הַמַּשְׁחִית Jeremiah 51:25 & הַר שְׂרֵפָה Jeremiah 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 אֶרֶץ הַנֶּגֶב, הַיָּם & יַדהַֿיַּרְדֵּן); בָּֽעֲרָבָה בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבַנֶּגֶב וּבְחוֺף הַיָּם Deuteronomy 1:7; בָּהָר וּבָֽעֲרָבָה נֶגֶב כִּנְַּרוֺת וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבְנָפוֺת דּוֺר מִיָּם Joshua 11:2; בָּהָר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָה וּבָֽעֲרָבָה וּבָֽאֲשֵׁדוֺת וּבַמִּדְבָּר וּבַנֶּגֶב Joshua 12:8; compare Joshua 9:1; Joshua 10:40; Judges 1:9; הָהָר indefinite (the hill-country, the mountains, in General) 2Chron 2:1 (place for hewing wood) so v.2 Chronicles 2:17; Nehemiah 8:15 (place for cutting boughs), etc.

b. of a particular mountain-region, hill-country: הַר הָאֱמֹרִי Deuteronomy 1:7 (compare Deuteronomy 1:7) Deuteronomy 1:19 (compare Deuteronomy 1:24), also Joshua 10:6; of Amalekites Judges 12:15; of Ephraim Joshua 17:15; Joshua 19:50; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:21; Joshua 24:30,33; Judges 3:27; Judges 4:5; Judges 7:24; Judges 9:48; Judges 17:1 6t. Judges 17; 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 9:4; 1 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 20:21; 1 Kings 4:8; 1 Kings 12:25; 2 Kings 5:22; 1 Chronicles 6:52; 2Chronicles 13:4; 15:8; 19:4; Jeremiah 4:15; Jeremiah 31:6; Ephraim and Gilead Jeremiah 50:19 (compare also (ה)הר Joshua 17:16,18; Judges 3:27); of Israel Joshua 11:16,21, cf. הָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 19:9; Ezekiel 33:28; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 35:12; הָרֵי מְרוֺם יִשְׂרָאֵל Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 20:40 ("" הַרקָֿדְשִׁי) Ezekiel 34:14; עָרֵי הָהָר i.e. in mountain-country Deuteronomy 2:37 (of Ammonites), Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; hill-country of Judah Joshua 11:21; Joshua 15:48; Joshua 18:12; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:11; 2Chronicles 21:11 (הָרֵי יהודה) 2 Chronicles 27:4; abode of Jebusites Joshua 11:3.

הַרֲרִי, הֲרָרִי, הַרֲרָם, הַרֲרִי, הֲרָרֶיהָ see הר.



Strong's
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

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