section_path: Background/Immediate prelude/Choice of operation name
section_name: Choice of operation name
paragraph_text: Choice of operation name
  
  The name of the operation "Rising Lion" (Hebrew: מבצע עם כלביא, romanized: Mivtza Am kelavi, lit. ' Operation Nation Like Lion ') refers to the revival of the Lion and Sun, which was the emblem of Iran and its flag until the 1979 Islamic revolution. The Jerusalem Post reported that the name is derived from the biblical Book of Numbers (23:24): "Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion."