HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3073
יְהֹוָה שָׁלוֹם
ye.ho.vah sha.lom — YHWH/Yahweh-shalom
Jehovah-shalom = "Jehovah is peace" the name of a sacred altar built by Gideon in Ophrah
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Jehovah-shalom
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Historical dictionary entry
Jehovah send peace, the name which Gideon gave to the altar he erected on the spot at Ophrah where the angel appeared to him (Judg. 6:24).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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