- -, B-Hebrew, [], 15 Aug 2005 Yigal Levin, Gen22:14 YHWHYiReH; Jewish tradition identifies the spot with Moriah, the Temple Mount in
Jerusalem. Samaritan tradition, of course, identifies it with Mount Gerizim.
In any case, the explanation - "for on the mount of YHWH he shall be seen",
in understood to refer to the future place of pilgrimage and sacrifice.
The identification of Melchizedek's Shalem (Salem) with Jerusalem makes
sense from the context. And from the fact the the king of Jerusalem in
Joshua 10 is Adonizedek, and the Jerusalemite priest in the days of David
Zadok. "ZDQ" may have been a deity worshipped at Jerusalem until David's
time, or at least a dynastic name.
Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Urisalimum, was called that way earlier, as the
name appears in the 19th century BCE Execration Texts and in the 14th
century El-Amarna letters.
- Peter Kirk, And then in the Hebrew this is two separate words, pointed and accented as such: YHWH yir'e. YHWH is pointed in its most common way, with just sheva and qamats. Yir'e is a regular verb form, the Qal YIQTOL of R'H, and so should be translated "is/was/will be seeing" - and in fact precisely the same form is used in v.8. I suppose the common translation "provides" or "will provide" in these verses is taken from the context. Thus this apparent place name is in fact a complete sentence consisting of two words.
, [], Whether sufficient reason can be assigned for the ceremonies pertaining to holy things?
Vertaling Bijbel, Kanttekeningen SV, [], En [26]Abraham noemde den naam van die plaats: De [27]HEERE zal het voorzien! Waarom heden ten dage gezegd wordt: [28]Op den berg des HEEREN zal het voorzien worden! 26. Vergelijkende zijn vertrouwen vs.8, met deze uitkomst. 27. Versta, dat de berg Moria den naam heeft van het antwoord, dat Abraham zijn zoon gaf, vs.8, gelijk ook het woord Moria schier hetzelfde betekent; dat is, het gezicht Gods. 28. Een spreekwoord, gebruikt van degenen, die in den uitersten nood zijnde, en geen menselijke uitkomst ziende, zich op de trouwe voorzienigheid Gods verlieten.