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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3070
ye.ho.vah yir.eh — Provider
Jehovah-jireh = "Jehovah sees" symbolic name given by Abraham to Mount Moriah in commemoration of the interposition of the angel of Jehovah who prevented the sacrifice of Isaac and provided a substitute Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Jehovah will see; i.e., will provide, the name given by Abraham to the scene of his offering up the ram which was caught in the thicket on Mount Moriah. The expression used in Gen. 22:14, “in the mount of the Lord it shall be seen,” has been regarded as equivalent to the saying, “Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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