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The names of God that, once written, cannot be erased because of their holiness [5] are the Tetragrammaton, Adonai, El, Elohim, [n 1] Shaddai, Tzevaot; some also include I Am that I Am. [1] In addition, the name Jah —because it forms part of the Tetragrammaton—is similarly protected. [ 6 ]
The form of the phrase "El Shaddai" fits the pattern of the divine names in the Ancient Near East, exactly as is the case with names like ʾĒl ʿOlām, ʾĒl ʿElyon and ʾĒl Bēṯ-ʾĒl. [6] As such, El Shaddai can convey several different semantic relations between the two words, among them: [7] the deity of a place called Shaddai, a deity ...
The song was a hit single for Grant, reaching the top ten of the Christian radio chart. [1] "El Shaddai" won "Song of the Year" and Card won "Songwriter of the Year" at the 1983 GMA Dove Awards. [3] It was also named one of the "Songs of the Century" by the RIAA in 2001. [4]
A diagram of the names of God in Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652–1654). The style and form are typical of the mystical tradition, as early theologians began to fuse emerging pre-Enlightenment concepts of classification and organization with religion and alchemy, to shape an artful and perhaps more conceptual view of God.
[note 1] Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). The most prominent theophory involves names referring to: El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of the 70 Sons of God, including Yahweh ...
El (deity) (1 C, 15 P) T. Tetragrammaton (1 C, 8 P) Y. Yahweh (3 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Names of God in Judaism" ... El Roi; El Shaddai; Elahi; Elohim; Elyon; H ...
El (deity) – the supreme god of the Canaanite religion and the supreme god of the Mesopotamian Semites in the pre-Sargonic period. Elyon – "God Most High" El Shaddai – "God Almighty" Elohim – a grammatically singular or plural noun for "god" or "gods" in both modern and ancient Hebrew language.
El Shaddai is a Judaic name for God. El Shaddai may also refer to: Shaddai (disambiguation), a Semitic Bronze Age city and the deity worshipped there; El Shaddai (movement), a Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement; El Shaddai International Christian Centre, a group of churches "El Shaddai" (song), a Contemporary Christian song