קבלה אויף תהילים 68:17

Know that there are several other mountains. Of these are the²⁴⁷Psalms 68:17. These are lowly mountains which are called “Hunchbacked-Gavnunim-גבנונים” in that altars to idolatry had been built upon them. See Midrash Rabbah 99:1; Also see Talmud Bavli, Megillah 29a. Gavnunim-גבנונים and of these are the²⁴⁸Jeremiah 13:16 mountains of darkness-Harei Neshef-הרי נשף and many other external mountains. They all encompass around Mount Moriah, which is the matter of HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י. This is the meaning of the verse,²⁴⁹Song of Songs 6:8-9 “There are sixty queens, eighty concubines and maidens beyond count, but My dove, My perfect one, is but one etc.” About this it states,²⁵⁰Psalms 125:2 “Jerusalem is surrounded by mountains and HaShem-יהו"ה surrounds His nation, now and forevermore.” Know that of the mountains that surround Jerusalem; of those that are called mountains of darkness-HaRei Neshef-הרי נשף and of those that are like them, when the Jewish people go outside of Mount Zion-Har Tziyon-הר ציון, their feet become bruised on the mountains of darkness-Harei Neshef-הרי נשף. This is because the Jewish people have no establishment and standing except in Mount Zion and Mount Moriah.