The Mount of the House

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The Mount of the House

The Mount of the House

The mountain on which the First and Second Temples are located. The mountain is located in the center of the Old City above the Western Wall.

("Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become a lake, and the mountain of the house will become the heights of a forest" - Micah 3:12, and so on: "A man from the mountain of the house would return to every watch, with burning incense before him, and every watch that was not standing would say to him: "Man from the mountain of the house, peace be upon you!" - Masachet Tamid 27:2, and so on: "All night long my days were boiling "The flames and tongues of fire burned from the mountain of the house" - H.N. Bialik / The Revelation of Fire, and also: "We returned to the wells of water / To the market and to the winepress / A shofar calls on the mountain of the house / In the ancient city" - Naomi Shemer / Jerusalem of gold, and also: "She said to me: "Zion, the mountain of the house" / She was silent to me: "The redemption and the righteousness" - Yossi Gimzo / The Wall)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הַר הַבַּיִת

Definition (Hebrew)

הָהָר עָלָיו הֵי מָצוּי בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן וְהַשֵּׁנִי. הָהָר מָצוּי בְּמֶרְכַּז הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה מֵעַל הַכֹּתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי.

("לָכֵן בִּגְלַלְכֶם צִיּוֹן שָׂדֶה תֵחָרֵשׁ וִירוּשָׁלִם עִיִּין תִּהְיֶה וְהַר הַבַּיִת לְבָמוֹת יָעַר"- מִיכָה ג יב, וְכֵן:"אִישׁ הַר הַבַּיִת הָיָה מְחַזֵּר עַל כָּל מִשְׁמָר וּמִשְׁמָר וַאֲבוּקוֹת דּוֹלְקוֹת לְפָנָיו, וְכָל מִשְׁמָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹמֵד וְאוֹמֵר לוֹ:"אִישׁ הַר הַבַּיִת,שָׁלוֹם עָלֶיךָ!"- מַסֶּכֶת תָּמִיד כז ע"ב, וְכֵן:"כָּל הַלַּיְלָה רָתְחוּ יְמֵי לֶהָבוֹת וְהִשְׁתַּרְבְּבוּ לְשׁוֹנוֹת אֵשׁ מֵעַל הַר הַבַּיִת"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/מְגִלַּת הָאֵשׁ, וְכֵן:"חָזַרְנוּ אֶל בּוֹרוֹת הַמַּיִם/ לַשּׁוּק וּלְכִכָּר/ שׁוֹפָר קוֹרֵא בְּהַר הַבַּיִת/ בָּעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה"- נָעֳמִי שֶׁמֶר/ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל זָהָב, וְכֵן:"אָמְרָה לִי:"צִיּוֹן, הַר הַבַּיִת"/ שָׁתְקָה לִי: "הַגְּמוּל וְהַזְּכוּת"-יוֹסִי גִּמְזוֹ / הַכֹּתֶל)

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