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1. The hill where the Midianites encamped for their attack on the Israelites, in the days of Gideon (Judg 7:1). Identified with Jebel ed-Dehi in the Jezreel Valley.
2. Abraham's first halt in the land of Canaan on his journey from Haran (Gen 12:4). Here he saw God and built an altar (Gen 12:7). This was also the place where Moses conveyed the divine blessing and curse on the eve of their entry into the promised land (Deut 11:26ff). The Hebrew Bible gives alon, which means "oak", and not "plain" as in the AV. It is thus possible that a sacred oak is meant.
Concordance
MOREH 1:
Judg 7:1
MOREH 2:
Gen 12:6. Deut 11:30
Moreh (mō'rē), in the Bible. 1 Place, ancient Palestine, known by its holy tree, near Shechem. It was Abraham's first resting place after entering the land of Canaan. 2 Hill of N ancient Palestine by which Gideon camped before he attacked the Midianites. It is identified with modern Nebi Dahi, Israel, S of Mt. Tabor.
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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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Coordinates: 32°36′57″N 35°21′49″E / 32.61583°N 35.36361°E
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