War, Man of
War, Man of
( , ‘sh milhamah):
Yahweh is a man of war:
Yahweh is his name (Exo 15:3).
In early Israel the character of Yahweh as the war-God forms a prominent feature in the conception of God (Num 10:35; Num 21:14; Jos 5:13; Jos 10:11; Jdg 5:4, Jdg 5:13, Jdg 5:20, Jdg 5:23, Jdg 5:31, etc.). See GOD, NAMES OF, III., 8.; LORD OF HOSTS; and HDB, V, 635 ff.