El Roi

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]

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[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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El Roi

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