וַיִּקְרָ֧א אַבְרָהָ֛ם שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא יהוה ׀ יִרְאֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר הַיּ֔וֹם בְּהַ֥ר יהוה יֵרָאֶֽה׃
And Abraham named that site Adonai-yireh, whence the present saying, “On GOD’s mount there is vision.”*
*Heb. be-har y-h-w-h yeraʼeh. Or “…there is contact”; cf. note at 12.7.
(The above rendering—and footnote—come from the RJPS translation, an adaptation of the NJPS translation.)
The root of the highlighted verb is ראה with a Niphal stem. On the meaning of this verb when applied to a persona, and on its best rendering in English, see my comment at 12:7.
The root of the highlighted verb is ראה with a Niphal stem. On the meaning of this verb when applied to a persona, and on its best rendering in English, see my comment at 12:7.
(For a list of my comments on the RJPS translation, see here.)