Though God reveals himself through different names in the OT—e.g., “LORD-Hosts/Armies” (Heb. yhvh ṣĕbāʾôt; cf. 1 Sam. 1:11; Ps. 24:10; 80:4; Isa. 1:24; 6:5; Jer. 9:15; 48:1; Hos. 12:5; Amos 3:13; Mic. 4:4; Hag. 2:6; Zech. 1:3); “LORD-Shepherd” (Heb. yhvh rāʿâ; cf. Gen. 49:24; Ps. 23:1; 80:1; Ezek. 34:2); “LORD-Heals” (Heb. yhvh rāpāʾ; cf. Ex. 15:26; Jer. 3:22; Isa. 30:26; Ps. 103:3); “LORD-Jealous” (Heb. yhvh qannāʾ; cf. Ex. 20:5; 34:14; Deut. 4:24; Josh. 24:19); “God-Almighty” (Heb. ʾēl šadday; cf. Gen. 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; 49:25; Ex. 6:3; Num. 24:4; Ruth 1:20; Job 6:4; Ps. 68:14; 91:1; Isa. 13:6; Ezek. 1:24; 10:5; Joel 1:15); “God-Supreme” (Heb. ʾēl ʿelyôn; cf. Gen. 14:18ff.; Ps. 7:17; 47:2; 57:2; Dan. 7:18ff.); “God-Everlasting” (Heb. ʾēl ʿôlām; cf. Gen. 21:33; Ps. 90:1ff.; Jer. 10:10; Isa. 26:4); “God-Living” (Heb. ʾēl ḥay; cf. Deut. 5:26; Josh. 3:10; Ps. 42:2; 84:2; Jer. 10:10); “God-Salvation” (Heb. ʾēl yēšaʿ; cf. 1 Chron. 16:35; Ps. 65:5; 79:9; 85:4) [as well as some infrequent names, e.g., “Lord-Peace” (Judg. 6:24), “Lord-Provide” (Gen. 22:14), “Lord-Righteousness” (Jer. 23:6; 33:16), etc.]

—no name is more prominent and central to the revelation of his nature and character than “LORD/God-Israel” (Ex. 5:1; 24:10; 32:27; 34:23; Num. 16:9; Josh. 7:13,19f.; 8:30; 9:18f.; 10:40,42; 13:14,33; 14:14; 22:16,24; 24:2,23; Judg. 4:6; 5:3,5; 6:8; 11:21,23; 21:3; Ruth 2:12; 1 Sam. 1:17; 2:30; 5:7f.,10f.; 6:3,5; 10:18; 14:41; 20:12; 23:10f.; 25:32,34; 2 Sam. 7:27; 12:7; 23:3; 1 Kings 1:30,48; 8:15,17,20,23,25f.; 11:9,31; 14:7,13; 15:30; 16:13,26,33; 17:1,14; 22:53; 2 Kings 9:6; 10:31; 14:25; 18:5; 19:15,20; 21:12; 22:15,18; 1 Chron. 4:10; 5:26; 15:12,14; 16:4,36; 17:24; 22:6; 23:25; 24:19; 28:4; 29:10; 2 Chron. 2:12; 6:4,7,10,14,16f.; 11:16; 13:5; 15:4,13; 20:19; 29:7,10; 30:1,5; 32:17; 33:16,18; 34:23,26; 36:13; Ezra 1:3; 3:2; 4:1,3; 5:1; 6:14,21f.; 7:6,15; 8:35; 9:4,15; Ps. 41:13; 59:5; 68:8,35; 69:6; 72:18; 106:48; Isa. 17:6; 21:10,17; 24:15; 29:23; 37:16,21; 41:17; 45:3,15; 48:1f.; 52:12; Jer. 7:3,21; 9:15; 11:3; 13:12; 16:9; 19:3,15; 21:4; 23:2; 24:5; 25:15,27; 27:4,21; 28:2,14; 29:4,8,21,25; 30:2; 31:23; 32:14f.,36; 33:4; 34:2,13; 35:13,17ff.; 37:7; 38:17; 39:16; 42:9,15,18; 43:10; 44:2,7,11,25; 45:2; 46:25; 48:1; 50:18; 51:33; Ezek. 8:4; 9:3; 10:19f.; 11:22; 43:2; 44:2; Zeph. 2:9; Mal. 2:16; cf. Matt. 15:31; Luke 1:68).

It takes a forehead of flint to reject the ethnical character and commitment of the God of the Bible. -John P Harrigan