Jehovah-nissi = "Jehovah is my banner"

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

Root √נסס: נסס לְהִתְנוֹסֵס נֵס נוס מִתְנוֹסְסוֹת עַל־אַדְמָתוֹ מִתְנוֹצְצוֹת be high conspicuous that it may be displayed raised prominent Hithpo‛l Inf Pt ψ 60:6 Zc 9:16 (√ of foll. =or?. acc. to some denom. from, AV, cf. De; < v.;.?? (; of precious stones, in fig.) very dub.; We Now del.; Gr).

נֵס n.[m.] standard ensign signal sign .