Hebrew gibeah, "a carved, rounded hill"; frequent in the Holy Land. Har, mistranslated "hill;" it means a" mountain range or district" (Exodus 24:4; Exodus 24:12-13; Exodus 24:18; Numbers 14:40; Numbers 14:44-45). The "hill" in Joshua 15:9, compare 8, is the Mount of Olives. "The hills," Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 9:1, is the mountain district of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim (Numbers 13:29). The "holy hill," "hill of Jehovah," etc., Psalm 3:4; Psalm 24:3, is mount Zion. Carmel should be called the mount, not "a hill" (2 Kings 1:9; 2 Kings 4:27; compare 1 Kings 18:19). Maleh should be "ascent," not "hill" (1 Samuel 9:11, margin). In Luke 9:28; Luke 9:37, "the hill" (oros) is the mountain of transfiguration. In Luke 1:39 "the hill country" ought to be translated "the mountain country" of Judah.