Mount Hor

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Mount Hor is a mountain in the biblical narrative where the Israelite high priest Aaron is said to have died during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mount Hor canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical location ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
associatedWithEvent death of Aaron ⓘ
associatedWithGroup Israelites ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Aaron ⓘ
Eleazar ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
borderFunction described as boundary point of the land of Israel in Numbers 34 ⓘ
describedAs mountain of the Lord ⓘ
etymologyNote name sometimes interpreted as “mountain of the mountain” ⓘ
hasPilgrimageSite traditional tomb of Aaron at Jebel Harun ⓘ
hasUncertainIdentification exact modern location disputed ⓘ
languageName Hebrew: הֹר הָהָר (Hor ha-har) ⓘ
locatedInNarrative wilderness journey of the Israelites ⓘ
locatedNear border of the land of Edom ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Deuteronomy 32 ⓘ
linked to: Deuteronomy 32

Book of Numbers ⓘ
Book of Numbers 20 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Numbers

Book of Numbers 33 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Numbers

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
partOf Exodus and wilderness traditions ⓘ
possibleIdentification Jebel Harun ⓘ
linked to: Jebel Musa

mountain near Petra in modern Jordan ⓘ
relatedEvent transfer of high priesthood from Aaron to Eleazar ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInNarrative place where Aaron died ⓘ
stopping point in Israelite wilderness wanderings ⓘ
significance important site in priestly succession narrative ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Aaron → deathPlace → Mount Hor ⓘ