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YHVH Ish Milchamah — The LORD Is a Man of War

יְהוָה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה

YHVH Ish Milchamah — pronounced EESH meel-khah-MAH · appears 1 (the exact phrase) times · Strong's H3068, H376, H4421

'YHVH is a man of war; YHVH is His name' — sung on the far shore of the Red Sea.

Striking: the LXX translated it as the Lord who shatters wars — the Warrior whose war ends war. Both traditions hold the tension: He fights for the enslaved, and His final battle abolishes the battlefield.

First occurrence

Exod 15:3 — The Song of the Sea

Key passages

Isa 42:13 — 'YHVH goes forth like a mighty man… like a man of war'

Rev 19:11 — 'In righteousness He judges and makes war'

In the Greek Scriptures

Κύριος συντρίβων πολέμους (LXX: who shatters wars)

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