HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3074
יְהֹוָה שָׁמָּה
ye.ho.vah sham.mah — YHWH/Yahweh-shammah
Jehovah-shammah = "Jehovah is there" a symbolic name for Jerusalem
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Jehovah-shammah
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Historical dictionary entry
Jehovah is there, the symbolical title given by Ezekiel to Jerusalem, which was seen by him in vision (Ezek. 48:35). It was a type of the gospel Church.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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