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MOREH , the Hiphil participle from yârâh , means ‘teacher’ or ‘one who gives direction’ ( 2 Kings 17:28 , Isaiah 30:20 etc.), and so is applied to a prophet ( Isaiah 9:15 ). Sitting in the shelter of a sacred tree, the priest or seer delivered his direction or’ oracles.’ 1. The terebinth (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , wrongly, ‘plain’) of Moreh ( Genesis 12:6 ) may have been so named from the theophany vouchsafed to Abraham there. The same spot may be indicated by the terebinths of Moreh ( Deuteronomy 11:30 ), mentioned as indicating the position of Ebal and Gerizim. From their conjunction with Gilgal it has been suggested that the gilgal (‘stone circle’) and the terebinths were parts of the same sanctuary. There may be a reference to this place in Genesis 35:4 , in Joshua 24:26 , possibly also in Judges 9:6 . Gilgal ( Deuteronomy 11:30 ) may be Khirbet Juleijel , fully 1 1 / 2 mile E. of Jacob’s Well. But this would not fix with certainty the position of the sanctuary of the terebinth.

2. The hill of Moreh ( Judges 7:1 ) seems to have lain to the N. of the position occupied by Gideon, in the direction of the camp of the Midianites. Taking the narrative as it stands, the Midianites ‘pitched in the valley of Jezreel’ ( Judges 6:33 ), while Gideon held the lower spurs of Gilboa towards Jezreel. ‘The spring of Harod’ is with some probability identified with ‘Ain Jalûd . The conspicuous hill on the other side of the vale, Jebel ed-Duhy , popularly now called Little Hermon, round the W. flanks of which, and northward in the plain, the Midianites would spread, may be almost certainly identified with the Hill of Moreh. The article with Moreh suggests the presence of a sanctuary on the hill. This may be represented by the modern shrine of Neby Duhy . Questions have been raised by the condition of the Heb. text, but no more probable identification has been suggested. Cf. Moreh.

W. Ewing.