THE NAMES OF GOD

NAMES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE: A DISPENSATIONAL APPROACH : PROF. M. M. NINAN
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THE 22-LETTER NAME
It is associated with the Priestly Benediction
A-N-K-T-S-P-S-T-S-P-S-P-S-Y-S-D-Y-V-N-S-Y-S
(Aleph-Nun-Kuf-Tav-Samech-
Peh-Samech-Tav-Samech-
Peh-Samech-Peh-Samech-Yud-Samech-
Dalet-Yud-Vav-Nun-Samech-Yud-Samech)
Words meaning "their cry (or "suffering")", "miracles", "wholesome man", "sustenance", and "woolen
tunic" can be derived from this Name, and are found in the prayer following the Priestly Benediction.
The Name and accompanying prayer were added to the liturgy in the 17th century. Perhaps this
Name's greatest significance comes from the fact that it is 22 letters, a correspondence to the 22
letters of the Hebrew alphabet, on which the world is built.
No exact pronunciation for this Name is known to exist
http://www.templesanjose.org/JudaismInfo/tradition/Names_of_God.htm
The 22 Letter Name is sometimes considered part of the 72 Letter Name that includes reference to
the 12 tribes of Israel (considered as Jeshurun) as found on the Kohanim’s breast plate. The twelve
precious stones with which the breastplate was decorated contained the names of the twelve tribes;
each name being fully engraved on one stone, in order that, when the high priest came before Him,
God might be mindful of the piety of the patriarchs (Ex. R. xxxviii. 8; Lev. R. xxi. 6) In addition to the
names of the twelve tribes, the stones also contained, at the head, the names Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and at the end the words:
"[all these are] the tribes of Jeshurun"
Yeshurun means “the upright”
Thus we get the 22 letter Name:
Avraham, Yitzhak, and Yaakov, the tribes of Yeshurun
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