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Of the principal names of God, it is the only one that is of the feminine gender in Hebrew grammar. Some believe that this was the name of a female counterpart of God, but this is unlikely as the name is always mentioned in conjunction with an article (e.g.: "the Shekhina descended and dwelt among them" or "He removed Himself and His Shekhina ...
The name "al-Khiḍr" shares exactly the same triliteral root as the Arabic al-akhḍar or al-khaḍra, a root found in several Semitic languages meaning "green" or "verdant" (as in al-Qubbah al-Khaḍrā’ or the Green Dome). Therefore, the meaning of the name has traditionally been taken to be "the Green One" or "the Verdant One".
In all probability Jewish Christians wrote the Tetragrammaton in Hebrew as well. Toward the end of the first Christian century, when the church had become predominantly Gentile, the motive for retaining the Hebrew name for God was lost and the words kyrios and theos were substituted for it in Christian copies of Old Testament Septuagints.
Ancient cognate equivalents for the biblical Hebrew Elohim, one of the most common names of God in the Bible, [2] include proto-Semitic El, biblical Aramaic Elah, and Arabic ilah. [2] The personal or proper name for God in many of these languages may either be distinguished from such attributes, or homonymic.
To the Rabbis, Esther was one of the most beautiful women ever created. [2] Another source says Esther was yerakroket , often translated as "greenish"; [ 3 ] but as classical Greek used the word chloros ("green") to refer to honey-like yellow and to human skin as well as what we call green, [ 4 ] the rabbis who lived in a Greek-influenced ...
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 ...
The connections of the first one with the name Shaddai are twofold: According to the biblical chronology it is El Shaddai who ordains the custom of circumcision in Genesis 17:1 and, as is apparent in midrash Tanhuma Tzav 14 (cf. a parallel passages in Tazri‘a 5 and Shemini 5) the brit milah itself is the inscription of the part of the name on ...
Pages in category "Names of God in Judaism" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...