Etymology of "Shaddai" El Shaddai

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1 etymology of shaddai

1.1 shaddai related wilderness or mountains
1.2 shaddai meaning destroyer
1.3 shaddai meaning fertility





etymology of shaddai

the origin , meaning of shaddai obscure, , variety of hypotheses have been put forward.


shaddai related wilderness or mountains

according ernst knauf, el shaddai means god of wilderness , not have had doubled d . argues loan-word israelian hebrew, word had sh , judaen (and hence, biblical) hebrew , have been śaday sound śin. in theory, word related word śadé meaning (uncultivated) field , area of hunting (as in distinction between beasts of field, חיות השדה, , cattle, בהמות). points out name found in thamudic inscriptions (as lšdy), in personal name Śaday`ammī used in egypt late bronze age till achaemenid times, , in punic name `bdšd (servant of shadé or shada).


another theory shaddai derivation of semitic stem appears in akkadian shadû ( mountain ) , shaddā`û or shaddû`a ( mountain-dweller ), 1 of names of amurru. theory popularized w. f. albright weakened when noticed doubling of medial ‘d ’ first documented in neo-assyrian period. however, doubling in hebrew might possibly secondary. according theory, god seen inhabiting holy mountain, concept not unknown in ancient west asian mythology (see el), , evident in syriac christian writings of ephrem syrian, places eden on inaccessible mountain-top.


the term el shaddai may mean god of mountains , referring mesopotamian divine mountain. refer israelite camp s stay @ mount sinai god gave moses ten commandments. according stephen l. harris, term 1 of patriarchal names mesopotamian tribal god , presumably meaning of tribe of abram, although there seems no evidence outside bible. in exodus 6:3, el shaddai identified explicitly god of abraham , yhwh. term el shaddai appears chiefly in genesis.


shaddai meaning destroyer

the root word shadad (שדד) means plunder, overpower, or make desolate. give shaddai meaning of destroyer , representing 1 of aspects of god, , in context epithet. meaning may go original sense strong in arabic shadiid (شديد) strong , although arabic letter pronounced sh corresponds hebrew letter sin, not shin. termination ai , typically signifying first person possessive plural, functions pluralis excellentiae other titles hebrew deity, elohim ( gods ) , adonai ( lords ). possessive quality of termination had lost sense , become lexical form of both shaddai , adonai, similar how connotation of french word monsieur changed lord being honorific title. there couple verses in bible there seems word play shadday , root meaning destroy (the day of yhwh come destruction shadday, כשד משדי יבוא, is. 13:6 , joel 1:15), knauf maintains re-etymologization.


shaddai meaning fertility

an alternative view proposed albright name connected shadayim means pair of breasts in hebrew (from shad breast , ai-im, ending signifying dual noun). may connected notion of god’s fertility , blessings humanity. in several instances connected fruitfulness: may god almighty [el shaddai] bless , make fruitful , increase numbers… (gen. 28:3). god almighty [el shaddai]: fruitful , increase in number (gen. 35:11). almighty [shaddai] bless blessings of heaven above, blessings of deep lies beneath, blessings of breasts , of womb (birkhōt shādayim wārāħam)(gen. 49:25).


harriet lutzky has presented evidence shaddai attribute of semitic goddess, linking epithet hebrew šad breast 1 of breast , asherah @ ugarit 1 of womb , although word breast not double d . in hebrew, shaddai likewise spelled 1 d or daleth.








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