Mount Hermon in the Torah
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The highest peak in Israel at 2,814 meters, Mount Hermon marks the northern boundary of the Promised Land. Its snow-capped summit is visible from much of northern Israel, and its melting snows feed the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee. The psalmist uses the dew of Hermon as a metaphor for the blessing of unity among brothers.
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4 selected passages mentioning Mount Hermon
We took the land from the two Amorite kings beyond the Jordan, from Hermon to the Arnon
וַנִּקַּ֞ח בָּעֵ֤ת הַהִוא֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ מִיַּ֗ד שְׁנֵי֙ מַלְכֵ֣י הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִנַּ֥חַל אַרְנֹ֖ן עַד־הַ֥ר חֶרְמֽוֹן׃
Thus we seized, at that time, from the two Amorite kings, the country beyond the Jordan, from the wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon—
The Sidonians call Hermon 'Sirion,' and the Amorites call it 'Senir'
צִידֹנִ֛ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן שִׂרְיֹ֑ן וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י יִקְרְאוּ־ל֖וֹ שְׂנִֽיר׃
Sidonians called Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir—
Like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion
כְּטַל־חֶרְמ֗וֹן שֶׁיֹּרֵד֮ עַל־הַרְרֵ֢י צִ֫יּ֥וֹן כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם ׀ צִוָּ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה אֶת־הַבְּרָכָ֑ה חַ֝יִּ֗ים עַד־הָעוֹלָֽם׃ {פ}
like the dew of Hermonthat falls upon the mountains of Zion.There GOD ordained blessing,everlasting life.
Come with me from Lebanon, from the top of Hermon
אִתִּ֤י מִלְּבָנוֹן֙ כַּלָּ֔ה אִתִּ֖י מִלְּבָנ֣וֹן תָּב֑וֹאִי תָּשׁ֣וּרִי ׀ מֵרֹ֣אשׁ אֲמָנָ֗ה מֵרֹ֤אשׁ שְׂנִיר֙ וְחֶרְמ֔וֹן מִמְּעֹנ֣וֹת אֲרָי֔וֹת מֵֽהַרְרֵ֖י נְמֵרִֽים׃
From Lebanon come with me;From Lebanon, my bride, with me!Trip down from Amana’s peak,From the peak of SenirdSenir Cf. Deut. 3.9. and Hermon,From the dens of lions,From the hillsehills Emendation yields “lairs”; cf. Nah. 2.13. of leopards.
13 more verses mention Mount Hermon across the Tanakh
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