STRONGS NUMBER H7706

H7706. Shadday

שַׁדַּי‎₄₈ noun masculine, of deity (etymology dubious (I) Aq Symm Theod ἱκανός; Rabb שֶֿׁ‎ + דַּי‎ (self-) sufficient, no moderns. (2) = almighty, √ שׁדד‎ + י‎ = Thes De Di Sta, or √שׁדה‎ = שׁדד‎, intensive noun Ew^{§ 155 c}, but שׁדד‎ (q. v.) is deal violently not simply mightily; compare ᵐ5‎ παντοκράτωρ14(15) t. (but in Pentateuch ׳אלשׁ‎ is ό Θεόχ μου, σου, etc.), ᵑ9‎ mostly omnipotens. (3) < conjecture for original שֵׁדַי‎ (see שֵׁד‎) my sovereign lord, "" בעלי אֲדֹנָי,‎ Nö^{SBA 1880, 775; ZMG xlii (1888), 481}; Hoffm^{Ph. Inscr. 53}; used of foreign deities (Deuteronomy 32:17), and so discredited (compare בַּעַל‎). — > other conjectures, e.g. RS^{OTJC, 424} √שׁדה‎ pour forth (God as rain-giver); Dl^{Pr 96 followed by} Assyrian šadû, high, ilu šâdû a, Che^{Comm. Isaiah 2:148}, or šadû, mountain, also in proper name; see further Dr^{Gen 404 ff.}); —

1 שַׁדַּי‎ Numbers 24:4, 16 (J E, poem), and so as archaism Ruth 1:20-21, Psalm 68:15; 91:1; Joel 1:15 = Isaiah 13:6; Ezekiel 1:24 (strike out Co); especially Job 5:17 + 30:t. Job (+ 19:29 Ew Di, reading ׳שׁ‎ for שׁדין‎).

2 שַׁדַּי אֵל‎ Genesis 49:25 (poem; so read for שׁ ׳אֵת‎, see ᵑ6 ᵐ5 ⅏‎ Saad, Hebrew Manuscripts), and so, as archaism, divine name of patriarchs in P, 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; 48:3; Exodus 6:3; Genesis 43:14 (R^P); so Ezekiel 10:5 (strike out Co; but ᵐ5‎ Σαδδαι).

שַׁדּ֯יּן‎ Job 19:29 see דין‎ above.

שׁדם‎ √of following; meaning unknown).