El Etymology
 
 
Jewish scholars believe that the unique name of God cannot be said ‘aloud’ since the name of God (YHVH) is holy and cannot be taken in vain. God’s unique name is unutterable. Since the LORD is unique, without rival, the Creator and LORD who is answerable to no one, He cannot be named. However God reveals himself as ‘I AM THAT I AM’ (YHWH) and throughout the scripture, we see the attributes or characteristics of God revealed to us. The multiplicity of names refers to different aspects of revelation rather than supposing that there is multiplicity of deities. Studying these attributes or names of God provide us different portraits of God’s revealed character in the bible.
ePjpnkhopfs; 18:10. fu;j;jupd; ehkk; gyj;j JUfk;; ePjpkhd; mjw;Fs; Xbr; RfkhapUg;ghd;.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Vrhah 54:5. cd; rpU\;bfNu cd; ehafu;; Nridfspd; fu;j;ju; vd;gJ mtUila ehkk;; ,];uNtypd; gupRj;ju; cd; kPl;gu;> mtu; ru;tG+kpapd; Njtd; vd;dg;gLthu;.
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
 
Study Guidelines
 
Estimated Start Time: 8.00 PM
  1. 15 minutes worship,
  2. 25 minutes study and
  3. 15 minutes prayer
Estimated Finish Time: 8.55 PM
Time to Leave home: before 9.30 PM
 
Introduction to the Names of God
(flTs; ngaHfs; mwpKfk;)
 
Introduction
The name of God cannot be taken in vain. Like the patriarchs, we can also call on the Names of God to draw strength and power in times of need. God’s names provide portraits of His Character and His Power. In this lesson, we will see the name of God used in General to draw focus on the person of God, throughout the Scriptures.
 
The Name of the LORD
 
1. The “Name of LORD” was used in General to refer to call the person of God Himself. It is a summary statement embodying the entire person and character of God.
  1. After Abraham was called, Abraham continues to move to the Place the LORD wants him to settle down. Abraham builds an altar to remember God’s acts and called on the name of the LORD, to seek His help and direction
    1. Mjpahfkk; 12:8. gpd;G mtd; mt;tplk;tpl;Lg; ngau;e;J> ngj;NjYf;Ff; fpof;Nf ,Uf;Fk; kiyf;Fg; Ngha;> ngj;Njy; jdf;F Nkw;fhfTk; MaP fpof;fhfTk; ,Uf;ff; $lhuk; Nghl;L> mq;Nf fu;j;jUf;F xU gypgPlj;ijf; fl;b> fu;j;jUila ehkj;ijj; njhOJnfhz;lhd;.
      And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
  2. Abraham returns from Egypt and the LORD has blessed him with might cattle and riches. Abraham does not forget to call upon the name of the LORD as he settles down again
    1. Mjpahfkk; 13:3. mtd; jd; gpuahzq;fspNy njw;NfapUe;J ngj;Njy; kl;Lk;> ngj;NjYf;Fk; MaPf;Fk; eLthfj; jhd; Kd;G $lhuk;Nghl;lJk;>
      And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
    2. 4. jhd; Kjy;Kjy; xU gypgPlj;ij cz;lhf;fpdJkhd ];jykl;Lk; Nghdhd;; mq;Nf Mgpuhk; fu;j;jUila ehkj;ijj; njhOJnfhz;lhd;.
      Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
 
2. God proclaimed his own name before Moses. Moses has close encounter with God to see God’s glory and to hear God’s name.
  1. ahj;jpuhfkk; 33:17. mg;nghOJ fu;j;ju; NkhNria Nehf;fp: eP nrhd;d ,e;j thu;j;ijapd;gbNa nra;Ntd;; vd; fz;fspy; cdf;Ff; fpUig fpilj;jJ; cd;idg; Ngu;nrhy;yp mioj;J mwpe;jpUf;fpNwd; vd;whu;.
    And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
  2. 18. mg;nghOJ mtd;: ck;Kila kfpikia vdf;Ff; fhz;gpj;jUSk; vd;whd;.
    And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.
  3. 19. mjw;F mtu;: vd;Dila jiaia vy;yhk; ehd; cdf;F Kd;ghff; fle;JNghfg;gz;zp> fu;j;jUila ehkj;ij cdf;F Kd;ghff; $WNtd;; vtd;Nky; fpUigahapUf;fr; rpj;jkhapUg;NgNdh> mtd;Nky; fpUigahapUg;Ngd;; vtd;Nky; ,uf;fkhapUf;fr; rpj;jkhapUg;NgNdh mtd;Nky; ,uf;fkhapUg;Ngd; vd;W nrhy;yp>
    And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
 
3. As Moses climbs the mountain a second time, God proclaims his own name again, this time, enumerating his character at length.
  1. ahj;jpuhfkk; 34:4. mg;nghOJ NkhNr Ke;jpd fw;gyiffSf;F xj;j ,uz;L fw;gyiffis ,ioj;J> mjpfhyNk vOe;jpUe;J> fu;j;ju; jdf;Ff; fl;lisapl;lgbNa mt;tpuz;L fw;gyiffisAk; jd; ifapNy vLj;Jf;nfhz;L> rPdha;kiyapy; Vwpdhd;.
    And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
  2. 5. fu;j;ju; xU Nkfj;jpy; ,wq;fp> mq;Nf mtd; mUNf epd;W> fu;j;jUila ehkj;ijf; $wpdhu;.
    And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
  3. 6. fu;j;ju; mtDf;F Kd;ghff; fle;JNghfpwNghJ> mtu;: fu;j;ju;> fu;j;ju;; ,uf;fKk;> fpUigAk;> ePba rhe;jKk;> kfh jiaAk;> rj;jpaKKs;s Njtd;.
    And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
  4. 7. Mapuk; jiyKiwfSf;F ,uf;fj;ijf; fhf;fpwtu;; mf;fpukj;ijAk; kPWjiyAk; ghtj;ijAk; kd;dpf;fpwtu;; Fw;wthspiaf; Fw;wkw;wtdhf tplhky;> gpjhf;fs; nra;j mf;fpukj;ijg; gps;isfsplj;jpYk;> gps;isfSila gps;isfsplj;jpYk; %d;whk; ehd;fhk; jiyKiwkl;Lk; tprhupf;fpwtu; vd;W $wpdhu;.
    Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
 
4. The name of God is also incomprehensible. When the Angel of the LORD appeared (theophany of Jesus) to Manoah (soon-to-be father of Samson), the LORD reveals himself as ‘wonderful’ (or incomprehensible).
  1. epahahjpgjpfs; 13:17. mg;nghOJ kNdhth fu;j;jUila J}jid Nehf;fp: ePu; nrhd;dfhupak; epiwNtWk;NghJ> ehq;fs; ck;ikf; fdk;gz;Zk;gb ck;Kila ehkk; vd;d vd;W Nfl;lhd;.
    And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
  2. 18. mjw;Ff; fu;j;jUila J}jdhdtu;; vd; ehkk; vd;d vd;W eP Nfl;fNtz;baJ vd;d? mJ mjprak; vd;whu;.
    And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
 
5. The name of the LORD was used to minister unto God. Aaron and his sons and the tribe of Levi, were chosen to minister unto the name of the LORD.
  1. cghfkk; 18:5. mtDk; mtd; FkhuUk; ve;ehSk; fu;j;jupd; ehkj;ij Kd;dpl;L Muhjid nra;Ak;gb epw;Fk;nghUl;L> cd; Njtdhfpa fu;j;ju; cd; Nfhj;jpuj;jhu; vy;yhUf;Fs;Sk; mtidNa njupe;Jnfhz;lhu;.
    For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
  2. 6. ,];uNtypy; vt;tplj;jpYKs;s cd; thry;fs; ahnjhd;wpNy jq;fpd xU Nytpad; mt;tplj;ij tpl;L> fu;j;ju; njupe;Jnfhz;l ];jhdj;jpw;F kdg;G+u;tkha; te;jhy;>
    And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
  3. 7. mq;Nf fu;j;jUila re;epjpapy; epw;Fk; Nytpauhfpa jd; vy;yhr; rNfhjuiug;NghYk; jd; Njtdhfpa fu;j;jupd; ehkj;ij Kd;dpl;L CopaQ;nra;thd;.
    Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
  4. cghfkk; 21:5. cd; Njtdhfpa fu;j;ju; jkf;F Muhjid nra;aTk; fu;j;jUila ehkj;jpNy MrPu;tjpf;fTk; Nytpapd; Fkhuuhfpa Mrhupaiuj; njupe;Jnfhz;lgbahy;> mtu;fSk; mj;jUzj;jpy; te;jpUf;fNtz;Lk;; mtu;fs; thf;fpd;gbNa rfy tof;Fk; rfy fhar;NrjKk; jPu;f;fg;glNtz;Lk;.
    And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
 
6. The name of the LORD is used to worship God. Abraham worships the God who brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans, as an Everlasting God
  1. Mjpahfkk; 21:33. Mgpufhk; ngnau;nrghtpNy xU Njhg;ig cz;lhf;fp> rjhfhyKKs;s Njtdhfpa fu;j;jUila ehkj;ij mt;tplj;jpy; njhOJnfhz;lhd;.
    And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
  2. Isaac also worships the God of his father.Mjpahfkk; 26:24. md;W uhj;jpupapNy fu;j;ju; mtDf;Fj; juprdkhfp: ehd; cd; jfg;gdhfpa MgpufhKila Njtd;> gag;glhNj> ehd; cd;NdhNl$l ,Ue;J> vd; Copaf;fhudhfpa Mgpufhkpdpkpj;jk; cd;id MrPu;tjpj;J> cd; re;jjpiag; ngUfg;gz;ZNtd; vd;whu;.
    And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
  3. 25. mq;Nf mtd; xU gypgPlj;ijf; fl;b> fu;j;jUila ehkj;ijj; njhOJnfhz;L> mq;Nf jd; $lhuj;ijg; Nghl;lhd;. mt;tplj;jpy; <rhf;fpd; Ntiyf;fhuu; xU Juit ntl;bdhu;fs;
    And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
 
7. The name of the LORD cannot be taken in vain. The name of the LORD cannot be uttered meaninglessly. The name of the LORD should be revered and should not be used thoughtlessly (example. We should not swear in the name of God, or by anything in heaven or earth).
  1. ahj;jpuhfkk; 20:7. cd; Njtdhfpa fu;j;jUila ehkj;ij tPzpNy toq;fhjpUg;ghahf; fu;j;ju; jk;Kila ehkj;ij tPzpNy toq;Ffpwtidj; jz;bahky; tplhu;.
    Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
  2. cghfkk; 5:9. eP mitfis ek];fupf;fTk; Nrtpf;fTk; Ntz;lhk;; cd; Njtdhfpa fu;j;juhapUf;fpw ehd; vupr;rYs;s NjtdhapUe;J> vd;idg; giff;fpwtu;fisf;Fwpj;Jg; gpjhf;fSila mf;fpukj;ijg; gps;isfsplj;jpy; %d;whk; ehd;fhk; jiyKiwkl;Lk; tprhupf;fpwtuhapUf;fpNwd;.
    Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
  3. 10. vd;dplj;jpy; md;G$u;e;J> vd; fw;gidfisf; iff;nfhs;Sfpwtu;fSf;Nfh Mapuk; jiyKiwkl;Lk; ,uf;fQ;nra;fpwtuhapUf;fpNwd;.
    And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
  4. 11. cd; Njtdhfpa fu;j;jUila ehkj;ij tPzpNy toq;fhjpUg;ghahf; fu;j;ju; jk;Kila ehkj;ij tPzpNy toq;Ffpwtidj; jz;bahky; tplhu;.
    Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
 
8. Paul asserts that we need to call on God, who made the heavens and the earth even though we did not do so in the past. In Him we live and move and have our being.
  1. mg;Ngh];jyu; 17:23. vg;gbnad;why;> ehd; Rw;wpj;jpupe;J> cq;fs; Muhjidf;Fupaitfisf; ftdpj;Jg; ghu;j;jnghOJ> mwpag;glhj NjtDf;F vd;W vOjpapUf;fpw xU gypgPlj;ijf; fz;Nld;; ePq;fs; mwpahky; Muhjpf;fpw mtiuNa ehd; cq;fSf;F mwptpf;fpNwd;.
    For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
  2. 24. cyfj;ijAk; mjpYs;s ahtw;iwAk; cz;lhf;fpd Njtdhdtu; thdj;jpw;Fk; G+kpf;Fk; Mz;ltuhapUf;fpwgbahy; iffspdhy; fl;lg;gl;l Nfhtpy;fspy; mtu; thrk;gz;Zfpwjpy;iy.
    God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
  3. 25. vy;yhUf;Fk; [PtidAk; Rthrj;ijAk; rfyj;ijAk; nfhLf;fpw mtu;> jkf;F ahnjhd;W NjitahdJNghy> kD\u; iffshy; gzptpilnfhs;SfpwJkpy;iy.
    Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
  4. 26. kD\[hjpahd rfy [dq;fisAk; mtu; xNu ,uj;jj;jpdhNy Njhd;wg;gz;zp> G+kpapd;kPnjq;Fk; FbapUf;fr;nra;J> Kd; jPu;khdpf;fg;gl;l fhyq;fisAk; mtu;fs; FbapUg;gpd; vy;iyfisAk; Fwpj;jpUf;fpwhu;;
    And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
  5. 27. fu;j;juhfpa jk;ik mtu;fs; jltpahfpYk; fz;Lgpbf;fj;jf;fjhfj; jk;ikj; NjLk;gbf;F mg;gbr; nra;jhu;; mtu; ek;kpy; xUtUf;Fk; J}ukhdtuy;yNt.
    That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
  6. 28. Vnddpy; mtUf;Fs; ehk; gpiof;fpNwhk;> mirfpNwhk;> ,Uf;fpNwhk;; mg;gbNa cq;fs; Gytu;fspYk; rpyu;: ehk; mtUila re;jjpahu; vd;W nrhy;ypapUf;fpwhu;fs;.
    For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  7. 29. ehk; NjtDila re;jjpahapUf;f> kD\Uila rpj;jpuNtiyapYk; Af;jpapdhYk; cUthf;fpd nghd;> nts;sp> fy; ,itfSf;F nja;tk; xg;ghapUf;Fnkd;W ehk; epidf;fyhfhJ.
    Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
 
Conclusion
God defines Himself as the God of the whole earth. He created us. He appoints seasons and times. He wants us to call Him and seek Him. We should call upon Him at all times. Knowing the Name and calling on the Name provides the believer with everything he needs to complete one’s purpose in life.

Vrhah 45:18. thdq;fisr; rpU\;bj;J G+kpiaAk; ntWikahapUf;fr; rpU\;bahky; mijf; FbapUg;Gf;fhfr;nra;J gilj;J> mij cUNtw;gLj;jpd Njtdhfpa fu;j;ju; nrhy;YfpwjhtJ: ehNd fu;j;ju;> NtnwhUtu; ,y;iy.

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

ePjpnkhopfs; 18:10. fu;j;jupd; ehkk; gyj;j JUfk;; ePjpkhd; mjw;Fs; Xbr; RfkhapUg;ghd;.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
 
References
Bible.Org. (2014, 01 01). Names of God. Retrieved from www.bible.org:
https://bible.org/article/names-god
Parsons, J. (2014, 01 01). Divine Names. Retrieved from hebrew4christians.com: http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Scripture/Parashah/Summaries/Shemot/HaShem/hashem.html