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The following are the main results of two parallel searches made to help the speculation around the two names: the hill Opel and Opal Whiteley.
The Hebrew word "Opel"
The root of the Hebrew word 'ōpel means "hill" and in the Bible it refers to a fortified hill, just south of the Temple area, on which a tower stands. It is often translated "citadel" or "tower". Nowadays the word is conventionally spelt "Ophel" but in some old transliterations it's "Opel", such as this 2009 biblical interpretation of a spiritual journey that may recall "Chapter 24".
… 7 mountains that surround Jerusalem. The 1st mountain that we will consider is Moriah. … place of God's presence. …
The 5th mountain is Mount Opel. The word opel in Hebrew means "a hill, to build a wall, to keep." …
The 6th mountain is Zion. … "to show the way, to be white and to be pure."
The 7th mountain is Ghareb (Calvary). … It is through Ghareb that we are given access to Moriah, the presence of God.
— Douglas A. Wheeler
Syd's song "Opel" is probably about a search for a retreat such as the Hebrew hill/tower, but a plausible reference is lacking: only some book on eccentric Anglo-Israelite theories and the novel "The Citadel" (about the ethics of a doctor) were possible references, and the Rolling Stones' song "Citadel" hadn't yet been released.
A book of poems needs to be introduced here:
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And mine were the gold and the jewels, bright,
- Which were reared by a kingly hand,
As the joy and the pride of a people’s might,
- In the Temple of Judah’s land.
— Mark F. Bigney, The Forest Pilgrims, and Other Poems
Wheeler, Douglas A. "The Hills of Jerusalem." Jubilee Christian College. Jubilee College, 2009. Web. http://www.jubileechristiancollege.com/articles/hills-of-jerusalem
Bigney, Mark Frederick. "The Song Of Commerce." The Forest Pilgrims, and Other Poems. New Orleans: J. A. Gresham, 1867. 35. Print. http://www.archive.org/stream/forestpilgrims00bignrich#page/n35/mode/2up
Beaumont, Comyns, and Scottish Memories magazine. http://home.earthlink.net/~walterk12/Celtic/Edinburgh.html
McQuiddy, Steve, and University of Oregon Library. http://www.intangible.org/Features/Opal/Opal1a.htm