The Names which God gives to men and places always have meaning and show the true nature of people and places.
So in the Bible when God gives Names to Himself it reveals His true Nature. L.B. P.31
Sometimes the Names of God are in the singular, showing the manifestation of God in general, especially in Relation to His people. e.g.
Exo 20:7 You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain. For Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.
Psa 113:3 From the rising of the sun to its going down, Jehovah's name is to be praised.
or simply stands for God Himself. Pro 18:10 The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Personal Names or God in the Old Testament
1. 'Ĕlōhı̄m from El and Elohe, means God, Its form is plural, but the construction is uniformly singular, i.e. it governs a singular verb or adjective, Meaning :: its origin in אוּל, 'ūl, “to be strong,”
2. 'ĔlōahThe singular form of the preceding name, אלוהּ, 'Ĕlōah, is confined in its use almost exclusively to poetry, or to poetic expression, being characteristic of the Book of Job, occurring oftener in that book than in all other parts of the Old Testament. It is, in fact, found in Job oftener than the elsewhere more ordinary plural 'Ēlōhı̄m̌. For derivation and meaning see above under 1 (2). Compare also the Aramaic form, אלהּ, 'ĕlāh, found frequently in Ezra and Daniel. ISBE
3. 'Ēl In the group of Semitic languages, the most common word for Deity is El (אל, 'ēl), represented by the Babylonian ı̂lu and the Arabic 'Allah. It is found throughout the Old Testament, but oftener in Job and Psalms than in all the other books. It occurs seldom in the historical books, and not at all in Lev. The same variety of derivations is attributed to it as to ELOHIM (which see), most probable of which is אוּל, 'ūl, “to be strong.” BDB interprets 'ūl as meaning “to be in front,” ISBE
4. 'Ādhōn, 'Ǎdhōnāy An attributive name, which in prehistoric Hebrew had already passed over into a generic name of God, is אדון, 'Ādhōn, אדני, 'Ǎdhōnāy, the latter formed from the former, being the construct plural, 'ădhōnē, with the 1st person ending -ay, which has been lengthened to āy and so retained as characteristic of the proper name and distinguishing it from the possessive “my Lord. This is pronounced by the Jews instead of YAHWEH.
5. Yahweh (Jehovah) The name most distinctive of God as the God of Israel is Jehovah (יהוה, a combination of the tetragrammaton (YHWH) with the vowels of 'Ǎdhōnāy, transliterated as Yehōwāh, but read aloud by the Hebrews 'ădhōnāy). While both derivation and
, God, to be known to Israel henceforth under the name “Yahweh” and in its fuller significance, was the One sending Moses to deliver Israel; “when I shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said ... I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE ... say ... I WILL BE hath sent me” (Exo_3:13, Exo_3:14 margin).
The meaning may with some confidence be inferred from Origen's transliteration, Iaō, the form in Samaritan, Iabe, the form as combined in Old Testament names, and the evident signification in Ex 3 and other passages, to be that of the simple future, יהוה, yahweh, “he will be.” It does not express causation, nor existence in a metaphysical sense, but the covenant promise of the Divine presence, both at the immediate time and in the Messianic age of the future. And thus it became bound up with “THE DAY OF THE LORD”. ISBE
May God be to Israel all that she need Right now and especially in the Coming Day of God's Wrath upon the earth.
The One General Name is split into several special redemptive names of God.
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