What is the full translation and where do you find it?
2007-01-23 14:30:45 · 2 answers · asked by JUDY B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
God Almighty.
I found it in the Bible.NIV translation.
God bless.
2007-01-23 14:34:13 · answer #1 · answered by A 150 Days Of Flood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Aish.com
"God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am YHVH. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as El Shaddai but with My Name YHVH I did not make Myself known to them. (Exodus 6:2-3)
Explains Nachmonides: the name El Shaddai personifies God as the power that bends nature to His will. Thus, while natural processes have no inherent correlation to moral merit, God bent natural law and forced Mother Nature to pour out Her bounty on the Patriarchs.
They were well fed when the rest of the world went hungry, they were able to emerge victorious in battle against enormous odds, and they all grew enormously wealthy. In short they led magically successful lives. All the blessings of the Torah are of this nature and come under the name El Shaddai.
YHVH personifies God as the source of all being. This aspect of God becomes visible only when nature gets out of the way and the entire universe can be clearly perceived as nothing more than Divine Energy. This aspect of God was revealed in the Exodus. Moses never refers to God as El Shaddai because the level of interaction with God that his prophecy introduces can only be enunciated by the Name YHVH."
G-d is also referred to as El-Shaddai in Job.
It seems that G-D is reffered to as El-Shaddai when He performs acts intended to inspire awe. "G-d Almighty" would be an accurate translation.
2007-01-24 10:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by MaryBridget G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋