How to Pronounce Moriah
maw-RAI-uh
Moriah is pronounced maw-RAI-uh (məˈraɪə): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: Moh-RIGH-ah, muh-RIE-uh, muh-RYE-uh.
What does Moriah mean?
Moriah means “bitterness of the Lord”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Moriah?
Moriah is the land to which God sent Abraham to offer Isaac as a burnt offering on one of its mountains (Genesis 22:2). 2 Chronicles 3:1 identifies mount Moriah in Jerusalem as the place where Solomon built the temple of the LORD, on the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Also pronounced
Moh-RIGH-ah
muh-RIE-uh
muh-RYE-uh
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