הר

See also: Appendix:Variations of "er" and Appendix:Variations of "ar"

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• ࠄࠟࠓ

Etymology

Root
ה־ר־ר (h-r-r)
2 terms

Compare Ugaritic 𐎅𐎗 (hr, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /haʁ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [haʀ̟]

Noun

הַר • (har) m (plural indefinite הָרִים, singular construct הַר־)

1. mountain (mass of earth and rock)

Usage notes

• The definite form of this noun is הָהָר (hahár).
• The plural form הֲרָרִים (hararím) also exists.

Derived terms

• הַר גַּעַשׁ (har gá'ash)
• הַר הָאֱלֹהִים (har ha'elohím)
• הַר הַבַּיִת (har habáyit)
• הַר הַזֵּיתִים (har hazetím)
• הר מגידו / הַר מְגִדּוֹ (har megído)
• הַר סִינַי (har sináy)
• הר שולחן / הַר שֻׁלְחָן (har shulkhán)

References

• “הר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H2022 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• הר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he