Moréh mount
The Mont Moréh ( גבעתהמורה ) is a rock solid mass located at the North-East of the Vallée of Jezreel, and whose culminating point rises with a height of 517 Mr.
The Moréh Mount extends on a surface from 10km. It is mainly made up of stone Calcaire of the Eocene , and to a lesser extent of volcanic stones present especially in the Dyke S. Certains geologists thinks that the presence of the Lave comes from the Adjoul mount which, at a 332 m height, is located in the northern part of the Moréh Mount.
Its name would come from the name given to the first rains of autumn of Israel, " Yoré" in Hebrew (" יורה "). The Moréh Mount is mentioned for the first time in the Bible with the Livre of Joel (2/23), and with the Livre of the Judges (7/1). The etymology of the place would perhaps also come owing to the fact that on this mount the Sage S had habit to teach (Mount " there; Moréh" - Mount of the " Maître").
From the medieval time, biblical commentators and Christian travellers call the place the " Small Mount Hermon ". According to the testimony of an English researcher of 1882, the inhabitants of Nazareth names the Mount Moréh " Hermoun" mount;. Medieval time, one finds also name mount " Eïn-Dor " name of the source which runs in against-low.
On the heights of the Western part of the Mount Moréh rests fall it from the prophet of the Islam Nébi Dahi, of its true name " Nébi Dahi ibn Halifa el Kalbi", originating in the Arabic Peninsula and chief of tribe. The local tradition reports that Nébi Dahi counted among the warriors of the guard close to Mahomet. Fallen with the combat in the close surroundings, it is its dog which trails the skin of its Master until the current site of its tomb. Nébi Dahi was buried thereafter by its disciples. This tradition is certainly dependant in the name of the prophet (" Kalbi" - " chien"). The Moslem traveller El-Haravi of the medieval time mentions the existence of a place called " El-Kalbi" not far from the Moréh Mount, in the North of the Mount Thabor.
The inhabitants of the Arab villages located at the feet of the Moréh Mount are originating in the areas located at the East of the the Jordan and were installed on the spot between XIIe and XVIe century. They live the villages of Shounam, Naïm, Tamara, Naoura, Kafr-Matzer and Tayibe.
On the sides of the Moréh Mount, one finds some archaeological vestiges of the Byzantine time, of which an oil press, remainders of agricultural premises, water reserves and many shards.
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