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(yeh-ho-vaw’ raw-aw’)
\nThe Lord My Shepherd<\/p>\n
Use in the Bible:<\/strong>\u00a0In the Old Testament\u00a0Jehovah-Raah<\/em>\u00a0(The Lord my Shepherd) is used in\u00a0Psalm 23<\/a>.<\/p>\n Variant spellings:<\/strong>\u00a0Jehovah Rohi; Jehovah Ro’eh<\/p>\n TWOT Reference:<\/strong>\u00a02185, 2186<\/p>\n Strong’s Reference:<\/strong>\u00a07462<\/a><\/p>\n Jehovah-Raah\u00a0<\/em>in the Septuagint:<\/strong>\u00a0kurios poimainei me<\/em>\u2026the Lord shepherds me <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Jehovah<\/em>\u00a0is translated as “The Existing One” or “Lord.” The chief meaning of\u00a0Jehovah<\/em>\u00a0is derived from the Hebrew word\u00a0Havah<\/em>\u00a0meaning “to be” or “to exist.” It also suggests “to become” or specifically “to become known”\u2026this denotes a God who reveals Himself unceasingly.\u00a0R\u00f4’eh<\/em>\u00a0from which\u00a0Raah<\/em>\u00a0derived, means “shepherd” in Hebrew. A shepherd is one who feeds or leads his flock to pasture (Eze 34:11-15<\/a>). An extend translation of this word,\u00a0rea’<\/em>, is “friend” or “companion.” This indicates the intimacy God desires between Himself and His people. When the two words are combined\u2026Jehovah Raah<\/em>\u2026it can be translated as “The Lord my Friend.”<\/p>\n Further references of the name\u00a0Jehovah-Raah\u00a0<\/em>in the Old Testament:<\/strong>\u00a0Gen 48:15<\/a>;\u00a0Gen 49:24<\/a>;\u00a0Psa 23:1<\/a>;\u00a0Psa 80:1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (yeh-ho-vaw’ raw-aw’) The Lord My Shepherd Use in the Bible:\u00a0In the Old Testament\u00a0Jehovah-Raah\u00a0(The Lord my Shepherd) is used in\u00a0Psalm 23. Variant spellings:\u00a0Jehovah Rohi; Jehovah Ro’eh TWOT Reference:\u00a02185, 2186 Strong’s Reference:\u00a07462 Jehovah-Raah\u00a0in the Septuagint:\u00a0kurios poimainei me\u2026the Lord shepherds me Meaning and Derivation Jehovah\u00a0is translated as “The Existing One” or “Lord.” The chief meaning of\u00a0Jehovah\u00a0is derived from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":3734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-misc","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9212,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709\/revisions\/9212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Meaning and Derivation<\/strong><\/h3>\n