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NAMES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE: A DISPENSATIONAL APPROACH : PROF. M. M. NINAN VIII DERIVED NAMES Some Names of God come directly from the Torah, or are abbreviations of God’s personal name to avoid writing or reading them. Many Names were developed over the centuries by the Jewish mystics sometimes using various tricks and formulas on the alphabets and verses from the scripture. These were initially used to avoid "chillul Ha-Shem," profanation of The Name. These principles include: Notarikon, Short Hand Writings Notarikon is a method of deriving a word, by using each of its initial (Hebrew: ראשי תיבות ) or final letters תיבות)‏ ‏(סופי to stand for another, to form a sentence or idea out of the words. Another variation uses the first and last letters, or the two middle letters of a word, in order to form another word. The word "notarikon" is borrowed from the Greek language ( νοταρικόν), and was derived from the Latin word "notarius" meaning "shorthand writer. The word is derived from the system of stenographic shorthand used by the notarii in recording the proceedings in the Roman courts of justice. 1. One kind interprets every letter in a particular word as the abbreviation of a whole word, and considers that "the words of the Torah are written as notarikon" (Mekh. Ba-Ḥodesh, 8). The basic assumption is that the Torah as given by God himself contains not just the plain meaning but also encoded mystical deep meanings that are to be gained by the study of the words. The first and clearest example is the new name that God gave to Abraham: “No longer shall you be called ‘Abram.’ Your name will be ‘Abraham,’ for I have made you the father of many nations.” (Gen. 17:5) God changed Abram’s name to Abraham, explaining that this new name indicates his new identity and mission. The name Avraham is short for “av hamon goyim,” ‘the father of many nations.’ 58
NAMES OF GOD IN THE BIBLE: A DISPENSATIONAL APPROACH : PROF. M. M. NINAN Thus the first word of the Ten Commandments, Anokhi, was interpreted to mean Anna Nafshi Ketavit Yahavit; "I Myself wrote (and) gave [them]" (Shab. 105a). For example, every letter of the word בראשית the first word in the Torah for “In the beginning”, is made the initial of a word, and we obtain (in the beginning God saw that Israel would accept the Torah). is also said to allude to בראשית (He created the sky, the earth, the heavens, the sea, and the abyss). The first word in the Torah is resolved by means of notarikon into many other ways. 2. In a second shorthand method the initial or final letters of the words of a verse or verses are used to make an acronym For example a Name Tzamarkhad for God is derived from the final letters of the first five verses of Genesis. Hebrew Alphabet ShYCh"G - Shuvah Yah Chatzah Nafshi, "Return O Eternal, save my life" (Ps. 6:5). Sh"Y - Shomer Yisrael, "Guardian of Israel" (Ps. 121) AGL"A - Atah Gibor L'olam Adonai, "You are Forever Powerful, O Eternal" (Gevurot prayer) BACh"V - Bashem El Chai V'kayyam, "[Do this] in the name of the living and enduring God"[2] BM"T - B'Mazal Tov, "[bless me] with good fortune." ARGM"N - Uriel, Rafael, Gavriel, Mikhael, Nuriel CHBT"M - Chochmah, Binah, Tiferet, Malchut 59
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