Jehovah-Jireh

The place-name given by Abraham to the mountain in the land of Moriah where he offered Isaac. UPDV renders the name as Yahweh-jireh — "Yahweh will provide" — preserved in a saying that long outlasted the event.

The Naming on the Mount

After the ram is caught in the thicket and offered in Isaac's stead, Abraham fixes a name to the site: "And Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-jireh. As it is said to this day, On the mount of Yahweh it will be provided" (Gen 22:14). The naming has three layers. Abraham is the subject who calls; the name itself carries the meaning ("Yahweh will see / provide"); and a proverbial saying attaches to the place, repeated "to this day," that reframes the event as ongoing testimony — what happened on the mount becomes a standing claim about how Yahweh acts toward those who go up. The mountain in Moriah, the trial of Abraham, and the perpetuated saying converge on this single place-name.