Editing Names of God in Judaism (section)

===El===
{{See also|El (deity)#Hebrew Bible}}
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[[El (deity)|El]] appears in [[Ugarit]]ic, Phoenician and other 2nd and 1st millennium&nbsp;BCE texts both as generic "god" and as the head of the divine pantheon.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCkRz5pfxz0C&q=Bene+elohim |title=K. van der Toorn, Bob Becking, Pieter Willem van der Horst, ''Dictionary of deities and demons in the Bible'', pp. 274-277 |access-date=2011-12-05|isbn=978-0-8028-2491-2 |year=1999 |last1=Toorn |first1=Karel van der |last2=Becking |first2=Bob |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans }}</ref> In the Hebrew Bible, El ({{lang|he|אל}}, {{transliteration|he|ʾel}}) appears very occasionally alone (e.g. Genesis 33:20, {{transliteration|he|el elohei yisrael}}, 'Mighty God of Israel',<ref>KJV margin at Gen. 33:20</ref> and Genesis 46:3, {{transliteration|he|ha'el elohei abika}}, 'El the God of thy father'),<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|46:3|9}}</ref> but usually with some epithet or attribute attached (e.g. {{transliteration|he|El [[Elyon]]}}, 'Most High El', {{transliteration|he|El Shaddai}}, 'El of {{transliteration|he|[[Shaddai (god)|Shaddai]]}}', {{transliteration|he|El 'Olam}} 'Everlasting El', {{transliteration|he|El Hai}}, 'Living El', {{transliteration|he|El Ro'i}} 'El my Shepherd', and {{transliteration|he|El Gibbor}} 'El of Strength'), in which cases it can be understood as the generic "god". In [[theophoric names]] such as [[Gabriel]] ("Strength of God"), [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] ("Who is like God?"), [[Raphael (angel)|Raphael]] ("God healed"), [[Ariel (angel)|Ariel]] ("My lion is God"), [[Daniel (biblical figure)|Daniel]] ("My judgment is God"), [[Ezekiel]] ("God shall strengthen"), [[Jacob|Israel]] ("one who has struggled with God"), [[Immanuel]] ("God is with us"), and [[Ishmael]] ("God hears/ will hear / listens/ will listen") it is usually interpreted and translated as "God". 

El also appears in the form {{lang|he|אֱלוֹהַּ}} ({{Transliteration|he|Eloha}}).