place
Zion
also: Sion, Mount Zion, Zion hegye
Zion, the hill of Jerusalem that became the site of the Temple and the spiritual heart of Judaism; Moses sees the covenant-tent shining on its height in his dying vision of Canaan's future, connecting the moment of his death to the entire subsequent history of the Jewish people.
Reading notes
- Moses §5 Zion
Zion (Hebrew: Tzion), the hill of Jerusalem that became the site of Solomon's Temple and the spiritual heart of Judaism; Moses sees the covenant-tent shining on its height in his dying vision of Canaan's future.