Mount Amana

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File:GivatHaEm view TelAzzaziat1.jpg
View to Horbat Omrit, to Tel Azzaziat and to the Anti-Lebanon mountains from top of Givat HaEm, Upper Galilee, Israel

Mount Amana (Script error: No such module "Lang"., a-mā'na, a-mä'na,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". uh-may'nuhScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) is an ancient name for the southern Anti-Lebanon Mountains.

Geography

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Mount Amana is often confused with Mount Amanus, also known as Mount Hor, at the north end of the Syrian plain.Template:Efn

Notable mentions

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The "mountains of Sanir and Amana" are also mentioned in the Book of Jubilees as lying within the inheritance of Shem (8:21), or more specifically, Arpachshad (9:4).

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Tacitus records that a triumphal arch was erected on Mount Amana (possibly Mount Amanus) in honor of Germanicus after his death.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Amana River

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Meanings

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