Shaddai

E19806

Hebrew word name of God theonym

Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
El Shaddai	5
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob	1
HaShem	1
Shaddai canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shaddai
Context triple: [mezuzah, hasInscriptionOnBack, Shaddai]

A. Shekhinah
Shekhinah is the divine feminine presence or indwelling aspect of God in Jewish mysticism, especially central to Kabbalistic thought.
B. Avram
Avram is the given first name of Noam Chomsky, the influential American linguist, philosopher, and political activist.
C. Abraham
Abraham is the given name of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States who led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
D. Abraham
Abraham is a foundational patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, revered as the ancestor of the Israelites and a central figure in Jewish religious tradition.
E. Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shaddai
Target entity description: Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.

A. Shekhinah
Shekhinah is the divine feminine presence or indwelling aspect of God in Jewish mysticism, especially central to Kabbalistic thought.
B. Avram
Avram is the given first name of Noam Chomsky, the influential American linguist, philosopher, and political activist.
C. Abraham
Abraham is the given name of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States who led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
D. Abraham
Abraham is a foundational patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, revered as the ancestor of the Israelites and a central figure in Jewish religious tradition.
E. Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew word ⓘ name of God ⓘ name of God ⓘ theonym ⓘ
abbreviationOnMezuzah	letter Shin ⓘ
alsoCalled	Shaddai ⓘ surface form: El Shaddai
appearsInBook	Book of Ezekiel ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Job ⓘ Book of Joel ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ Psalms ⓘ surface form: Book of Psalms Ruth ⓘ surface form: Book of Ruth
appearsInText	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Tanakh ⓘ
associatedConcept	blessing ⓘ covenant ⓘ fertility ⓘ
associatedWith	YHWH ⓘ surface form: God of Israel divine power ⓘ divine protection ⓘ patriarchal narratives ⓘ
category	Hebrew divine epithets ⓘ Names of God in Judaism ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
meaningTraditionallyAssociated	All-sufficient ⓘ Almighty ⓘ
mentionedIn	Midrash ⓘ Talmud ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ
relatedNameOfGod	YHWH ⓘ surface form: Adonai YHWH ⓘ surface form: Elohim YHWH ⓘ
script	Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
theologicalRole	protector of Israel ⓘ source of blessing ⓘ
usedIn	Jewish liturgy ⓘ Jewish mysticism ⓘ Jewish prayer ⓘ
usedInReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
usedOnObject	mezuzah case ⓘ

How these facts were elicited