Language:
English
Year of publication:
2024
Titel der Quelle:
Vetus Testamentum
Angaben zur Quelle:
74,2 (2024) 297-302
Keywords:
God (Judaism) Name
;
God Attributes
;
Biblical teaching
;
Hebrew language, Biblical Etymology
;
Names
Abstract:
Despite many proposals for the etymology of "Šadday/Shaddai", the form of the name as we have it requires deriving it from √šdd “to destroy.” It thus originally meant “Destroyer.”
DOI:
10.1163/15685330-bja10132
URL:
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