Moreh is a name of a location, commonly used in
the
Genesis.
Torah locality
Translators who consider the obscure
elon moreh of Genesis
12:6 to be the name of a locality, render it as "the plains of
Moreh". Translators who consider the term to be a sacred tree or
grove, often render it "
terebinth," a tree
notable for its size and age in dry landscapes of the region. The
noble terebinth is a member of the
pistachio and
sumac family.
Thus for
them, at Shechem
, grew the
terebinths, elone moreh: "Abraham
passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, at the
Terebinths of Moreh. The Caananites were then in the land"
(
Genesis 12:6). This tree or grove, with a name that must
mean "teacher," "oracle" was a landmark in the area called the
"plains of Moreh" (
Deuteronomy 11:30) or the "hill of
Moreh" (
Judges 7:1).
Genesis 35:4: And they gave unto Jacob all the strange
gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which
[were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was]
by Shechem. A neutral reading discovers that the tree, oak or not,
grew above buried idols and dedicated treasure, the Hebrews
remembered, and they associated the burial of these things with the
patriarchal age.
The site
of Moreh, a hill by which Gideon camped
before he attacked the Midianites, is sometimes identified with
modern Nebi Dahi, Israel, south of
Mount
Tabor
but this has not been confirmed on the
ground.
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