Content tagged with “israel” under “Stuff I Looked Up”

“This is a Biblical name for a fortress that became the city of Jerusalem specifically, and the entire state of Israel generally. It has often been extended to refer to the Jewish people and community. The word is found 152 times in the Old Testament, the first time in 2 Samuel 5:7: Nevertheless,…”

“This is a holy site in Jerusalem. It’s actually several overlapping sites, important to all three Abrahamic religions. The Template Mount itself is the claimed former site of Solomon’s Temple, which was destroyed twice – the last time in the years just after Jesus died. It’s a raised plaza – kind…”

“ This is Hebrew (and Arabic, perhaps) for ‘mound’ or ‘hill’ or ‘hill city.’ It can also be spelled ‘Tell.’ The most well-known one is ‘Tel Aviv’ which literally translates as ‘Spring Hill.’ It’s often used in archaeology to refer to ruins on a hill. ”