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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3071
ye.ho.vah nis.si — YHWH/Jehovah-nissi
Jehovah-nissi = "Jehovah is my banner" the name given by Moses to the altar which he built in commemoration of the discomfiture of the Amalekites
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Jehovah my banner, the title given by Moses to the altar which he erected on the hill on the top of which he stood with uplifted hands while Israel prevailed over their enemies the Amalekites (Ex. 17:15).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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