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El Roi

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Short description: One of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible

El Roi (Biblical Hebrew: אֵל רֳאִי‎, romanized: ʾēl rŏʾî) is one of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible. It is used in Genesis 16:13[1] by Hagar.

Rashi translates it "god of sight",[2] Joseph b. Isaac Bekhor Shor translates it "god saw me",[3] Abraham Ibn Ezra, Bahya b. Asher, and Obadiah b. Jacob Sforno, "god who appears",[4][5][6] David Kimhi, "god I saw"[7] or "visible god",[8] and Levi b. Gershon as "all-seeing god".[9]

References

  1. ↑ Genesis 16:13
  2. ↑ "Rashi on Genesis 16:13:1". https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Genesis.16.13.1?ven=Pentateuch_with_Rashi%27s_commentary_by_M._Rosenbaum_and_A.M._Silbermann,_1929-1934&vhe=Pentateuch_with_Rashi%27s_commentary_by_M._Rosenbaum_and_A.M._Silbermann,_1929-1934&lang=bi. 
  3. ↑ "Bekhor Shor, Genesis 16:13". https://www.sefaria.org/Bekhor_Shor,_Genesis.16.13. 
  4. ↑ "Ibn Ezra on Genesis 16:13:1". https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Genesis.16.13.1. 
  5. ↑ "Rabbeinu Bahya, Bereshit 16:13:1". https://www.sefaria.org/Rabbeinu_Bahya,_Bereshit.16.13.1. 
  6. ↑ "Sforno on Genesis 16:13:1". https://www.sefaria.org/Sforno_on_Genesis.16.13.1. 
  7. ↑ "Radak on Genesis 16:13:1". https://www.sefaria.org/Radak_on_Genesis.16.13.1. 
  8. ↑ "Sefer HaShorashim, ראה 1". https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaShorashim,_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%94.1. 
  9. ↑ "Ralbag Beur HaMilot on Torah, Genesis 16:13:2". https://www.sefaria.org/Ralbag_Beur_HaMilot_on_Torah,_Genesis.16.13.2. 



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