The common noun for mountain, hill, or hill-range. It appears over 500 times, naming specific mountains (Sinai, Zion, Carmel, Moriah) and serving as a major theological symbol for the meeting place between God and humanity — elevated ground where heaven touches earth.
Mountains are Scripture's primary stage for divine encounter. On Mount Moriah, Abraham offered Isaac and God provided (Gen 22). On Mount Sinai, God gave the Torah amid fire and thunder (Exod 19). On Mount Carmel, Elijah confronted false prophets (1 Kings 18). On Mount Zion, God chose to dwell among His people (Ps 132:13). Isaiah prophesies that 'in the last days the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains' (Isa 2:2) — the final exaltation of God's dwelling above all earthly powers. Mountains represent stability and permanence (Ps 125:1-2), yet even mountains flee before God (Ps 97:5; Nah 1:5). This tension — immovable yet subordinate to God — makes mountains fitting symbols for both God's faithfulness and His transcendence.