HERMON  , the highest See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria (estimated at 9050 to 9200 ft.), an outlier of the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

Anti-See also:

• LEBANON
• LEBANON (from Semitic laban, " to be white," or " whitish," probably referring not to snow, but to the bare white walls ofchalk or limestone which form the characteristic feature of the whole range)

Lebanon . As the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew name (iSe'^, " belonging to a See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary," " See also:

• SEPARATE

separate ") shows, it was always a sacred mountain . The Sidonians called it Sirion, and the See also:

• AMORITES

Amorites Shenir (Deut. iii.9) . According to one theory it is the is See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early See also:

• ENGLISH

English and later; the living was held by See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas " high mountain " near Caesarea See also:

• PHILIPPI (Turk. Filibejik)

Philippi, which was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the Transfiguration (See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark ix . 2) . A curious reference in See also:

• ENOCH, BOOK OF

Enoch vi . 6, says that in the days of Jared the wicked angels descended on the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of the mountain and named it Hermon . The See also:

• MODERN

modern name is See also:

• JEBEL (plur. jibed)

Jebel es-See also:

• SHEIKH, or SHAIKH

Sheikh, or " mountain of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief or See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder." It is also called Jebel eth-Thelj, " snowy mountain." The See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of Hermon, rising into a See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome-shaped summit, is 20 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, extending See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . The formation of the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PART

part is Nubian See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone, that of the upper part is a hard dark-See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey crystalline See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone belonging to the Neocomian See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, and full of fossils . The spurs consist in some cases of See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• CHALK

chalk covering the limestone, and on the south there are several basaltic outbreaks . The view from Hermon is very extensive, embracing all Lebanon and the plains east of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus, with See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine as far as See also:

• CARMEL

Carmel and See also:

• TABOR

Tabor . On a clear See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day Jaffa also may be seen .

The mountain in See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring is covered with See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow, but in autumn there is occasionally none See also:

• LEFT

left, even in the ravines . To the height of 500 ft. it is clothed with oaks, poplars and See also:

• BRUSH (from Fr. brosse, which, like the English word, means both the undergrowth of a wood and the instrument; if the word in both these meanings is ultimately the same, then the origin is from a bundle of brushwood used as a brush or broom, but this is h
• BRUSH, GEORGE DE FOREST (1855– )

brush, while luxuriant vineyards abound . Foxes, wolves and Syrian bears are not infrequently met with, and there is a heavy See also:

• DEW

dew or See also:

• NIGHT

night mist . Above the snow-limit the mountain is See also:

• BARE

bare and covered with See also:

• FINE

fine limestone See also:

• SHINGLE

shingle . The summit is a See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau from which three rocky knolls rise up, that on the west being the lowest, that on the south-east the highest . On the south slope of the latter are remains of a small See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple or sacellum described by St See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome . A semicircular See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• MASONRY

masonry runs See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round this See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak, and a See also:

• TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX (1807-1886)

trench excavated in the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock may perhaps indicate the site of an See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar . On the plateau is a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave about 25 ft. sq. with the entrance on the east . A rock See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column supports the roof, and a See also:

• BUILDING

building (possibly a Mithraeum) once stood above . Other small temples are found on the sides of Hermon, of which twelve in all have been explored . They See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face the east and are dated by architects about A.D . 200 .

The most remarkable are those of See also:

• DEIR, or DEIR

Deir el 'Ashaiyir, Hibbariyeh, Hosn Niha and Tell Thatha . At the ruined See also:

• TOWN

town called Rukleh on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern slopes are remains of a temple, the stones of which have been built into a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . A large medallion, 5 ft. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter, with a See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head supposed to represent the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-See also:

• GOD

god, is built into the wall . Several See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions occur among these ruins . In the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• PSALM (from the Gr. word * hXAew, to play the harp)

Psalm lxxxix . 12 was supposed to indicate the proximity of Hermon to Tabor . The conical See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill immediately south of Tabor was thus named Little Hermon, and is still so called by some of the inhabitants of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district .