Temple Mount

English

The Temple Mount at present

Proper noun

the Temple Mount

1. One of the hills in Jerusalem, where King Solomon built his great temple, which was destroyed twice (the hill ultimately leveled, leaving only the Wailing Wall venerated by Jews) and today an Islamic compound/courtyard enclosing the Foundation Stone atop which sit the Dome of the Rock, and containing the Al-Aqsa Mosque and other Islamic-era structures.

Synonyms

• Haram al-Sharif
• Noble Sanctuary

Translations

hill of Jerusalem

• Danish: Tempelbjerget (definitive form)
• Dutch: Tempelberg m
• Finnish: Temppelivuori
• French: Mont du Temple m
• German: Tempelberg (de) m
• Hebrew: הר הבית (he)
• Russian: Хра́мовая гора́ f (Xrámovaja gorá)
• Spanish: Explanada de las Mezquitas f, Monte del Templo m
• Swedish: Tempelberget n