How to Pronounce Samaria
suh-MEHR-ih-uh
Samaria is pronounced suh-MEHR-ih-uh (səˈmɛəriə): four syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: Sah-MARE-ee-ah, suh-MAIR-ee-uh.
What does Samaria mean?
Samaria means “watch-mountain”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Samaria?
A watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the “hill of Shomeron,” a solitary mountain, a great “mamelon.” It is an oblong hill, with steep but not inaccessible sides, and a long flat top. Omri, the king of Israel, purchased this hill from Shemer its owner for two talents of silver, and built on its broad summit the city to which he gave the name of “Shomeron”, i.e., Samaria, as the new capital of his kingdom instead of Tirzah (1 Kings 16:24). As such it possessed many advantages. Here Omri resided during the last six years of his reign.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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