Shaddai (שַׁדַּי, shadday). A name for God used primarily in the books of Genesis and Job (e.g., Gen 17:1; 28:3; Job 5:17; 6:4, 14). In Genesis, the name appears five times in the compound “El Shaddai” (אֵל שַׁדָּ֥י, el shadday; Gen 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3) and once as “Shaddai” (Gen 49:25; though this is likely a scribal error for an original “El Shaddai” since the majority of other textual witnesses read el shaddai). God is referred to as “Shaddai” over 30 times in the poetry of Job (e.g., Job 8:3, 5; 11:7; 13:3). The name is used most frequently in biblical poetry (Gen 49:25; Num 24:4, 16; Psa 68:15; 91:1; Isa 13:6; Joel 1:15). “Shaddai” is commonly translated into English as “the Almighty” or “God Almighty” (the latter for el shaddai), though this sense is likely derived from the Septuagint’s use of παντοκράτωρ (pantokratōr, “almighty”) to represent shaddai in Job. The origin and likely meaning of the Hebrew word remains uncertain, but the most widely accepted etymological connection is to an Akkadian word for “mountain” (šadû). For further information, see this article: Names of God in the Old Testament.