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El Shaddai is conventionally translated into English as God Almighty. (Deus Omnipotens in Latin, Arabic: إله الشديد, romanized: ʾIlāh Ash-Shadīd) El means "God" in the Ugaritic and the Canaanite languages. The literal meaning of Shaddai, however, is the subject of debate. [1]
The word is identical to elohim meaning gods and is cognate to the 'lhm found in Ugaritic, where it is used for the pantheon of Canaanite gods, the children of El and conventionally vocalized as "Elohim" although the original Ugaritic vowels are unknown. When the Hebrew Bible uses elohim not in reference to God, it is plural (for example ...
The name Abel, which appears to refer to El, in fact is not an instance of theophory. Abel can be translated as "breath", "temporary" or "meaninglessness" and is the word translated as "vanity" in Ecclesiastes 1:2 in the King James Version. The name Jael also appears to refer to El in English, but contains ayin rather than the aleph of El.
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]
Resh Lakish taught that the words "I am God Almighty (אֵל שַׁדַּי , El Shaddai)" in Genesis 17:1 mean, "I am He Who said to the world: 'Enough! ( דַּי , Dai ).'" Resh Lakish taught that when God created the sea, it went on expanding, until God rebuked it and caused it to dry up, as Nahum 1:4 says, "He rebukes the sea and ...
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 ...
According to the Hebrew Bible, in the encounter of the burning bush (Exodus 3:14), Moses asks what he is to say to the Israelites when they ask what gods have sent him to them, and YHWH replies, "I am who I am", adding, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you. ' " [4] Despite this exchange, the Israelites are never written to have asked Moses for the name of God. [13]
Shaddai may refer to: Possibly the Amorite name of an ancient city in Syria, see Tell eth-Thadeyn A term for the God of the Bible, sometimes in the form El Shaddai