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El [a] is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities. A rarer form, ' ila, represents the predicate form in the Old Akkadian and Amorite languages. [7]
The name Elyon (עליון) occurs in combination with El, YHWH, Elohim and alone. It appears chiefly in poetic and later Biblical passages. The modern Hebrew adjective 'Elyon means 'supreme' (as in "Supreme Court": Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון) or 'Most High'. El Elyon has been
[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 ...
The literal meaning of Shaddai, however, is the subject of debate. [1] Some scholars have argued that it came from Akkadian shadû ("mountain") [2] or from the Hebrew verb shaddad שדד meaning "Destroyer". [3] Shaddai may have also come from shad שד meaning mammary; shaddai is a typical Biblical Hebrew word
Elohim (Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים, romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning "gods" or "godhood". Although the word is grammatically plural , in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity, particularly the God of ...
El (Hebrew: אל) became a generic term meaning "god", as opposed to the name of a worshipped deity, and epithets such as El Shaddai came to be applied to Yahweh alone, while Baal's nature as a storm and weather god became assimilated into Yahweh's own identification with the storm. [84]
Timeless classics, modern favorites, and totally unique monikers that no one else in your kid’s class will share—you can find it all in the Hebrew Bible. Take a trip back in time to the Old ...
El Roi (Biblical Hebrew: אֵל רֳאִי, romanized: ʾĒl Rŏʾī) is one of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible. It is used in Genesis 16:13 [1] by Hagar. Rashi translates it "god of sight", [2] Joseph b. Isaac Bekhor Shor translates it "god saw me", [3] Abraham Ibn Ezra, Bahya b. Asher, and Obadiah b.