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The "hill of Moreh" is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible three times, in Genesis 12:6, Deuteronomy 11:30 and Judges 7:1. The Hebrew phrase elon moreh (Genesis 12:6a) has been subject to various translations in English versions of the Bible. Translators who consider elon moreh to be the name of a locality, render it as "the plain (s) of Moreh", e.g. King James Version and the Geneva Bible, but ...
The museum was established as a nonprofit organization in 2010. [15] The museum's building location and design were announced in 2012 when the Green family purchased the 1923 Terminal Refrigerating and Warehousing Co. building, [16] that used to be the Washington Design Center, two blocks from the National Mall in Washington D.C. [17] [18] The primary donors to the museum at launch were Hobby ...
Dollar Tree, Inc. is an American multi-price-point chain of discount variety stores. Headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia, it is a Fortune 500 (sometimes referred to as Fortune 200) company and operates 15,115 stores throughout the 48 contiguous U.S. states and Canada. [ 3 ] Its stores are supported by a nationwide logistics network of 24 ...
The Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations (Hebrew: גַן חֲסִידִי אוּמות הָעוֹלָם) is part of the much larger Yad Vashem complex located on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. Along with some two dozen different structures within the Yad Vashem memorial – which is the second most-visited destination in the ...
Created. 22nd century BCE. Present location. British Museum. Identification. 1846,0523.347. The Adam and Eve cylinder seal, also known as the " temptation seal ", is a small stone cylinder of post- Akkadian origin, dating from about 2200 to 2100 BCE. The seal depicts two seated figures, a tree, and a serpent, and was formerly believed to evince ...
Asherah pole. Tel Rehov exhibition at the Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv: a rectangular altar designed in the form of a city gate. A tree incised on the facade and flanked by two female figures is thought to represent Asherah. 13th-century BC statuette depicting the goddess Asherah nursing the twins Shahar and Shalim.
The olive tree and its oil were a major component in the Ancient Israelite society, and have been important to the Jewish people for millennia. [1][2] Olives are often mentioned in Jewish religious texts and are generally seen as a symbol of peace, [3][4] wisdom, [5] and vitality. [6] It had a key role in the agricultural life, industry and religious practices of ancient Israel and Judah.
Noah's Ark (Hebrew: תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: Tevat Noaḥ) [Notes 1] is the boat in the Genesis flood narrative through which God spares Noah, his family, and examples of all the world's animals from a global deluge. [1] The story in Genesis is based on earlier flood myths originating in Mesopotamia, and is repeated, with variations, in ...