temple mount

English - Turkish

Definition of temple mount in English Turkish dictionary

haremi şerif

haremü'ş-şerif

Tapınak Dağı

(Coğrafya) Kudüs'te üzerine kutsal Yahudi tapınağının inşaa edildiği tepenin adı

English - English

Definition of temple mount in English English dictionary

One of the hills of Jerusalem, where the Biblical king Solomon built his great temple, which Roman emperor Vespasian's son and successor Titus leveled except for the wailing wall 70 AD during the failed Jewish rebellion

Tapınak Tepesi

mount in Jerusalem on which the Jewish Holy Temple was built

The artificially expanded hill in Jerusalem on which the First and second temples stood, now occupied by the Muslim Dome of the Rock

This is Israel's most holy site It is the site on which the second temple was built It is the site on which the third temple will be built sometime during the Tribulation This is also the Muslim third most holy site as they believe their prophet Muhammad ascended up to heaven from this Mount On this Mount is a Muslim mosque (explained more under Dome of the Rock)

Located in the southeast corner of the Old City of Jerusalem, the hill is identified with the Biblical Mount Moriah, where Abraham set the alter to sacrifice his son Isaac The First Temple was built on the Mount in the middle of the 10th century B C E and destroyed in 587 B C E The Second Temple was built on the same location in 561 B C E and destroyed in 70 C E by the Roman Legion

Related Terms

Temple Mount compound

group of buildings located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Hyphenation

tem·ple mount

Turkish pronunciation

tempıl maunt

Pronunciation

/ˈtempəl ˈmount/ /ˈtɛmpəl ˈmaʊnt/

Etymology

[ 'tem-p&l ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English & Old French; Old English tempel & Old French temple, both from Latin templum space marked out for observation of auguries, temple, small timber; probably akin to Greek temenos sacred precinct, temnein to cut; more at TOME.