שַׁדַּי

שַׁדַּי₄₈ noun masculine, of deity (etymology dubious (I) Aq Symm Theod ἱκανός; Rabb שֶֿׁ + דַּי (self-) sufficient, no moderns. (2) = almighty, √ שׁדד + י = Thes De Di Sta, or √שׁדה = שׁדד, intensive noun Ew^{§ 155 c}, but שׁדד (q. v.) is deal violently not simply mightily; compare ᵐ5 παντοκράτωρ 14 (15) t. (but in Pentateuch ׳אלשׁ is ό Θεόχ μου, σου, etc.), ᵑ9 mostly omnipotens. (3) < conjecture for original שֵׁדַי (see שֵׁד) my sovereign lord, || אֲדֹנָי, בעלי Nö^{SBA 1880, 775; ZMG xlii (1888), 481}; Hoffm^{Ph. Inscr. 53}; used of foreign deities (5 Mos 32,17), and so discredited (compare בַּעַל). — > other conjectures, e.g. RS^{OTJC, 424} √שׁדה pour forth (God as rain-giver); Dl^{Pr 96 followed by} Assyrian šadû, high, ilu šâdû a, Che^{Comm. Isa ii.148}, or šadû, mountain, also in proper name; see further Dr^{Gen 404 ff.}); —

שַׁדּ֯יּן Job 19,29 see דין above.