The Theophoric Names of EL and Yahweh

                                          The Theophoric Names of EL and Yahweh 


The God of the Bible is two local gods stitched together in Exodus 6:2-3. El the Caananite god and Yahweh. You can tell by the names people name their kids. You can see how the names transition throughout the Old Testament. The same thing is with Baal names as well.



Isra-EL Micha-EL Emmanu-EL Dani-EL Samu-EL Gabri-EL No Yahweh names until Exodus. No, Isra-YAH. Jerem-IAH Zechar-IAH Azar-IAH Isa-IAH JEHO-shaphat JO-shua JO-chebed


Hallelu-jah (YAH) Transition names

Jo-EL - Yahweh is EL ( God) EL-ijah - My EL (God) is Yahweh Eliakim changes to Jehoiakim in 2 Chronicles 36:4 You rarely see any EL names in the New Testament. Yahweh names are rare as well later. Everyone starts having a Greek/Roman name..


2 Chronicles 36:4

English Standard Version

4 And the king of Egypt made 👉Eliakim👈 his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to 👉Jehoiakim👈. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt.


Exodus 6:2-3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

2 Then God spoke to Moses, telling him, 👉“I am Yahweh👈. 3 I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I did not reveal My name 👉Yahweh👈 to them.


Abraham calls him Yahweh -Genesis 12:8

Genesis 12:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

8 From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to Yahweh there, and he called on the name of 👉Yahweh👈.



Isaac calls him Yahweh -Genesis 26:25

Genesis 26:25

Holman Christian Standard Bible

25 So he built an altar there, called on the name of 👉 Yahweh👈, and pitched his tent there. Isaac’s slaves also dug a well there.




Jacob calls him Yahweh - Genesis 49:18


Genesis 49:18

Legacy Standard Bible

For Your salvation I hope, 👉O Yahweh👈.

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