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  2. El Shaddai - Wikipedia

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    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

  3. Names of God in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Jewish symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Symbolizes El Shaddai (conventionally translated "God Almighty"), one of the Names of God in Judaism. This symbol is depicted on the ritual objects mezuzah and tefillin, and in the hand gesture of the Priestly Blessing. Tablets of Stone: Represents the two tablets on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed at Mount Sinai. Lion of Judah

  5. El Shaddai (song) - Wikipedia

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    The medley was named for the Age to Age album, which in turn took its name from the lyrics of "El Shaddai". Before releasing her album Behind the Eyes in 1997, Grant released a CD single of "Takes a Little Time"; the B-side was a newly recorded version of "El Shaddai". This version is notable for the prominent violin accompaniment used ...

  6. Baal - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Seal of Dartmouth College - Wikipedia

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    Above the shield in the original design is an irradiated triangle with the Hebrew words El Shaddai. A diagonal label above the trees contained the Latin motto, Vox clamantis in deserto , which means "the voice of one crying in the wilderness", [ 1 ] referring to Dartmouth College's origins in training missionaries in the wilderness of New ...

  8. Theophory in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    [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 ...

  9. El Shaddai (movement) - Wikipedia

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    The El Shaddai Movement has grown rapidly in the last decade and, as of 2005, had a reported 8 million members worldwide. [6] On August 20, 2009, El Shaddai inaugurated a ₱1 billion (approx. US$21 million at the time) House of Prayer on a ten hectare site in Amvel Business Park. The cost does not include the land, which will be paid for over ...