Pisgah

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Pisgah is a mountainous region in biblical Transjordan traditionally associated with Mount Nebo, from which Moses is said to have viewed the Promised Land.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pisgah canonical 2
Pisgah heights 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
associatedFigure Moses ⓘ
associatedWith Mount Nebo ⓘ
countryModern Jordan ⓘ
culturalSignificance pilgrimage destination region ⓘ
describedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
hasSubfeature Mount Nebo ⓘ
historicalContext Late Bronze Age Levant ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Transjordan ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ
nearbyBiblicalRegion Moab ⓘ
Plains of Moab ⓘ
overlooks Dead Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Judean Desert

Jordan Valley ⓘ
partOf biblical Transjordan ⓘ
regionType east of the Jordan River ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInNarrative boundary landmark in Israelite conquest narratives ⓘ
place where Moses viewed the Promised Land ⓘ
scripturalFunction vantage point over the Promised Land ⓘ
terrainType elevated plateau ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
viewDirectionTraditionally westward toward Canaan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plains of Moab → near → Pisgah ⓘ
Abarim mountain range → hasNotablePeak → Pisgah heights ⓘ
linked to: Pisgah