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yᵊhōwā yirʾeh יְהֹוָה יִרְאֶה ‘YHWH/Jehovah-jireh’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yᵊhōwā יְהֹוָה ‘YHWH/Lord’ and rāʾā רָאָה ‘to see’
Roots: יהווה ראה

yᵊhōwā yirʾeh pr n loc
Jehovah-jireh = "Jehovah sees"
1) 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

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2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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