What is the name of God anyway, the name that was revealed to Moses?
Before we go into the actual name of God we must first clear a misconception. That is, titles and appellations used for God are not his name. For instance, Elohim, El, Wonderful, Mighty God, Prince of Peace. They are all descriptive appellations or titles given to describe his deity and attributes, not his actual name. They are often called generic names. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, likewise, places these terms under Generic names.” It adds, “Like Theos, Deus and God, it is a generic term, including every member of the class deity.” Eloah and its variant forms eluah and the Aramaic eloaha are derived from the descriptive title el, meaning “strength” and “power,” i.e. a “mighty one.” Added to (el) is the suffix (ah), (uah), or (aha), forms of the verb (huh), meaning “to breath”; “to be” or “to exist.” An eloah, therefore, is a “mighty living being.” They are rightly used as social titles with God’s name, for instance “Adonai YHWH” meaning sovereign YHWH; or, “El YHWH”
