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Moriah / m ɒ ˈ r aɪ ə / (Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה , Mōrīyya; Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, Marwah) is the name given to a region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place.
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Araunah (Hebrew: אֲרַוְנָה ʾǍrawnā) was a Jebusite mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel, who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah which David purchased and used as the site for assembling an altar to God. The First Book of Chronicles, a later text, renders his name as Ornan (אָרְנָן ʾOrnān).
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Moriah Plath is finally opening up about what went wrong in her last relationship.. In the Sept. 10 episode of TLC's Welcome to Plathville, Moriah sat down with Barry Plath, Ethan Plath, Micah ...
Moriah is a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name. Moriah Jefferson (born 1994), American basketball player;
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