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03071 יְהוָֹה נִסִּי‎ Yëhovah nicciy [yeh-ho-vaw’ nis-see’] from 03068 and 05251 with the pr sf; n pr loc; [BDB-651b] [{See TWOT on 484 @@ "484a" }] AV-Jehovahnissi 1; 1 Jehovah-nissi= "Jehovah is my banner"

1) the name given by Moses to the altar which he built in commemoration of the discomfiture of the Amalekites

• The term "Jehovah-nissi" may mean “Jehovah Is My Signal Pole,” if nissiʹ is from nes a signal pole or flag which suggests a rallying point.
  : The Greek Septuagint translators understood nissiʹ to be derived from nus "flee for refuge" invoking the appointed mercy in the Cities of Refuge (Deuteronomy 4:42; Joshua 20:3), giving it the meaning “Jehovah Is My Refuge.”
  But the Latin Vulgate thought nissiʹ derived from nasasʹ (hoist; lift up), thus giving it the meaning “Jehovah Is My Exaltation.”
• If the altars of Abraham and Moses were part of a social safety net like so many other nations then the term "nissi" which is spelled in the Hebrew נִסִּי‎ NunSamechYod may have its origins in the ancient term "nassi" or "Nanshe".
• The Goddess of welfare in the city-state of Sumer provided a civil system of social welfare through the Goddess Nanshe who was known as the "protector of the disadvantaged" through her many temples. Syllabic spellings are for example Na-áš, Na-an-še and Na-aš-še. Nanše A. Philological", Heimpel, Wolfgang (1998).