God's Names

So to preface, I was raised Southern Baptist and practice non-denominational. I love the Jewish people as Family in God, but I dont speak the language. Reguardless I woke up saying Elohim Essiam. I looked up the meaning, and somehow I'm certain it's a warning of some kind. Do you have any insights to a deeper meaning?

Shalom!

Thank you for your question.

It is wonderful to hear that you love the Jewish people. The Torah tells us that God says “I will bless those who bless you, and I ill curse those who curse you, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” (Genesis 12:3). As such, may God reward you for your love of the Jewish people.

You mention that you said the words “Elo-him Essiam.” While I don’t recognize the second word, the first word is indeed one of God’s names. It is, in fact, one of the 7 holiest names of God that may only be spoken during prayer and once written may not be erased. This is why I wrote the name of God with a hyphen in the middle so as not to fully write out the name.

The name “Elo-him” is simply translated as God, particularly to represent God power of the entire world. It is one of the more frequently appearing names of God in Hebrew Scriptures as it is used well over 2,000 times. See for example Exodus 3:4 where we read that “Elo-him” called out to Moses at the burning bush and in Exodus 20:3 where one of the passages in the Ten Commandments is “Not to have any Elo-him” besides Me.”

One will occasionally see the word “Elo-him” used in Scripture to describe angels, judges, a rules of other countries.

I want to emphasize again that this word is holy and should not be needlessly spoken.