HlLL(l.)

HlLL(l.) Hebrews gib’eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Psalm 65=>12; 72=>3; 114=>4, 6). (2.) Hebrews har, properly a mountain range rather than an individual eminence (Exodus 24=>4, 12, 13, 18; Numbers 14=>40, 44, 45). In Deuteronomy 1=>7, Joshua 9=>1; 10=>40; 11=>16, it denotes the elevated district of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim, which forms the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. (3.) Hebrews ma’aleh in 1 Samuel 9=>11. Authorized Version “hill” is correctly rendered in the Revised Version “ascent.” (4.) In Luke 9=>37 the “hill” is the Mount of Transfiguration.