The definition of dominant is "having authority or influence; main, chief" and the definition of trait is "characteristic feature". Therefore, when placed together you have "the main characteristic features of God that has authority and influence". This essay hopes to explore this area through comparing and contrasting the main characters of Abraham and Moses.
Before this exploration can take place there needs to be a brief explanation of the nature of name' in the Hebrew of the ANE [ancient near east]. For them, name' was more than a simplistic identification like the western world. The name' of a person revealed the characteristics of that person. As such, the names' of God will reveal a map of the characteristics of God throughout the Pentateuch.
The first name used for God is also used predominantly linked with Abraham and that is Elohim. Genesis uses different names for God which are almost always based on the Hebrew root word, El. El was a generic Hebrew term for......
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