Jehovah-Jireh

From Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)

Jehovah-Jireh ( = "Yhwh seeth"):

Name given by Abraham to the place where he sacrificed a ram instead of his son Isaac (Gen. xxii. 14). The name may be an allusion either to Gen. xxii. 8 or, as is the opinion of the commentators, to the future importance of the place on which the Temple was to be built by Solomon. The Targumim do not regard "Jehovah-jireh" as a proper name.

E. G. H. M. Sel.

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