YHVH Rophe'echa — The LORD Your Healer
יְהוָה רֹפְאֶךָ
'I am YHVH who heals you' — revealed at Marah, where bitter water turned sweet.
Notice where it was revealed: not at a sickbed but at bitter water made drinkable — healing as the sweetening of what life poisons. Jewish daily prayer blesses the Healer of all flesh; Christian faith carries the name to Isaiah 53 and beyond.
First occurrence
Exod 15:26 — Three days past the sea, at the bitter waters
Key passages
Ps 103:3 — 'Who heals all your diseases'
Ps 147:3 — 'He heals the brokenhearted'
Isa 53:5 — 'By His stripes we are healed'
In the Greek Scriptures
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