According to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, Jehovah-jireh (or Yahweh-yireh, The will provide), was a place in the land of Moriah

Moriah

Moriah is the name given to a mountain range by the Book of Genesis, in which context it is giv. the location of the sacrifice of Isaac. Traditionally Moriah has been interpreted as the name of the specific mountain at which this occurred, rather than just the name of the range...

. It was the location of the binding of Isaac

Binding of Isaac

The Binding of Isaac Akedah or Akeidat Yitzchak in Hebrew and Dhabih in Arabic, is a story from the Hebrew Bible in which God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, on Mount Moriah...

, where God told Abraham

Abraham

Abraham , whose birth name was Abram, is the eponym of the Abrahamic religions, among which are Judaism, Christianity and Islam...

 to offer his son Isaac

Isaac

Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible, was the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah, and was the father of Jacob and Esau. Isaac was one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites...

 as a burnt offering

Burnt Offering

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. Abraham named the place after the provided a ram to sacrifice in place of Isaac.

"And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the it shall be seen." – (KJV)

Translations

In the original Hebrew language

Hebrew language

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, the name is .

The first word of the phrase is the Tetragrammaton

Tetragrammaton

The term Tetragrammaton refers to the name of the God of Israel YHWH used in the Hebrew Bible.-Hebrew Bible:...

 , the sacred name that, according to the Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible

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, God revealed to the Jews as a chosen people

Jews as a chosen people

In Judaism, "chosenness" is the belief that the Jews are the Chosen People, chosen to be in a covenant with God. This idea is first found in the Torah and is elaborated on in later books of the Hebrew Bible...

. It is generally translated in English bibles as "the " or "GOD" in capital letters. Jehovah

Jehovah

Jehovah is an anglicized representation of Hebrew , a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton , the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible....

is a Christian anglicized vocalization of this name using the vowels of Adonai.

The early Septuagint translation into Greek gives the meaning as "The hath seen." One Latin version of the Christian Bible rendered the name in Latin as Dominus videt ("The sees"). The King James Version follows this meaning, as quoted above.

Jewish translations of the verse into English include,

And Abraham called the name of that place Adonai-jireh; as it is said to this day: 'In the mount where the LORD is seen.' – (Mechon-Mamre)

However, some modern translations including the NIV render it "the will provide", amplifying the literal meaning along the lines of "the will see to it", and referring to Abraham's earlier words in , "God himself will provide the lamb".

Interpretation

Some Jewish commentators see the name as alluding to the future importance of the place as the site of the Temple

Solomon's Temple

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 built by Solomon

Solomon

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. The Targum

Targum

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

im do not regard "Jehovah-jireh" as a proper name.

Considering the passive construction of Abraham's words in verse 14, "In the mount of the it shall be seen", Calvin

Calvin

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 comments that it teaches "that God not only looks upon those who are his, but also makes his help manifest to them..." John Wesley

John Wesley

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 and Matthew Henry go further, suggesting that "perhaps it may refer to God manifest in the flesh

Incarnation (Christianity)

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Other modern usage

"Jehovah Jireh" is the title of several modern songs, including one by Don Moen included on his 1986 debut album Give Thanks; various others have covered it, including thrash metal

Thrash metal

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 band Deliverance on their 1989 self-titled debut

Deliverance (Deliverance album)

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 album.
Chandra Currelley performed by another song with the same title in the 2006 play What's Done in the Dark

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R&B singer Frank Ocean also uses the name "Jehovah Jireh" in his debut album Nostalgia, Ultra, the song is titled 'We All Try".
It is also the title of an 1867 book by William Plumer

William Plumer

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Organisations bearing the name include Jehovah Jireh Childrens Homes in Kenya, founded by Manasses Kuria

Manasses Kuria

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, and local church

Local church

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es such as Jehovah Jireh Samoan Assembly of God in Victorville, California, USA.