Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave

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ancient burial site holy site pilgrimage site religious shrine tomb

Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave, also known as the Cave of Machpelah, is an ancient burial site in Hebron revered in Judaism as the resting place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Cave of Machpelah 7
Cave of the Patriarchs 4
cave of Machpelah 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient burial site ⓘ
holy site ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
religious shrine ⓘ
tomb ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
surface form: Cave of Machpelah

Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
surface form: Cave of the Patriarchs

Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
surface form: Ma'arat HaMachpelah
associatedWithCityName Al-Khalil ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Herod the Great ⓘ
associatedWithText Book of Genesis ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
burialOf Abraham ⓘ
Isaac ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ
Leah ⓘ
Rebekah ⓘ
Sarah ⓘ
culturalHeritageType biblical heritage site ⓘ
enclosedBy rectangular stone wall ⓘ
hasAccessRestrictions divided prayer areas for Jews and Muslims ⓘ
hasReligiousComplex mosque ⓘ
synagogue ⓘ
hasStructureAbove Herodian enclosure ⓘ
stone building with massive walls ⓘ
locatedIn Hebron ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Hebron

West Bank ⓘ
surface form: Palestine

West Bank ⓘ
mentionedIn Genesis 23 ⓘ
Genesis 25 ⓘ
Genesis 49 ⓘ
Genesis 50 ⓘ
pilgrimageDestinationFor Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Christians

Jews ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
purchasedBy Abraham ⓘ
purchasedFrom Ephron the Hittite ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
reveredAs resting place of the biblical matriarchs ⓘ
resting place of the biblical patriarchs ⓘ
significanceInIslam site associated with Prophet Ibrahim ⓘ
significanceInJudaism second holiest site after Temple Mount ⓘ
traditionallyDatedTo Second Temple period ⓘ
UNESCODesignation List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage in Danger
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2017 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave → alsoKnownAs → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of Machpelah
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave → alsoKnownAs → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'arat HaMachpelah
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave → alsoKnownAs → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of the Patriarchs
Ephron the Hittite → associatedWithPlace → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: cave of Machpelah
Genesis 23 → burialPlace → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: cave of Machpelah
Jacob → burialPlace → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of Machpelah
Patriarch Isaac → burialPlace → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of Machpelah
Leah → burialPlaceTradition → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of the Patriarchs
Israel → buriedAt → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of Machpelah
Sarah → buriedIn → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of Machpelah
Al-Khalil → contains → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of the Patriarchs
Al-Khalil → contains → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb of the Patriarchs
Hebron → contains → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of the Patriarchs
Hebron → contains → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb of the Patriarchs
Herodian enclosure → encloses → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb of the Patriarchs
Herodian enclosure → encloses → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of Machpelah
Adam → hasBurialTraditionAt → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cave of Machpelah
Jews → hasSacredPlace → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
Herodian enclosure → locatedIn → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb of the Patriarchs complex
Genesis 23 → mentions → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: cave of Machpelah
Herodian enclosure → partOf → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb of the Patriarchs religious complex
Ephron the Hittite → soldProperty → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: cave of Machpelah
Ephron the Hittite → soldProperty → Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: field of Machpelah