The meaning of “מוֹרֶה”
Understanding Môwreh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or מֹרֶה Môreh (mo-reh'); the same as מוֹרֶה Moreh. - § Moreh = "teacher" - Moreh, a Canaanite - also a hill (perhaps na...
מוֹרֶה
or מֹרֶה Môreh (mo-reh'); the same as מוֹרֶה Moreh. - § Moreh = "teacher" - Moreh, a Canaanite - also a hill (perhaps named from him) 1) the oak tree at Shechem where Abram stopped when he first entered Canaan; close to the mountains of Ebal and Gerizim 2) the hill in the valley of Jezreel at which the Midianites were camped when Gideon attacked them
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 12:6 | “And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.” Word: מוֹרֶה (Môwreh) | |
| Deuteronomy 11:30 | “Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?” Word: מוֹרֶה (Môwreh) | |
| Judges 7:1 | “Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.” Word: מוֹרֶה (Môwreh) |