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jē̇-hō´va nis´ı̄ (יהוה × ×¡Ö¼×™, yahweh nisÌ£ṣı̄, “Yahweh is my bannerâ€): So Moses named the altar which he reared to signalize the defeat of the Amalekites by Israel under Joshua, at Rephidim (). Septuagint translates “the Lord my refuge,†deriving nisÌ£ṣı̄ from × ×•Ö¼×¡, nuÌ„sÌ£, “to flee.†Targum Onkelos reads, “Moses built an altar and worshipped on it before Yahweh, who had wrought for him miracles†(× ×™×¡Ö¼×™×Ÿ, nı̄sÌ£ṣı̄n). The suggestion is that the people should rally round God as an army gathers round its standard. He it is who leads them to victory.