Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the biblical names of god represented by the hebrew bible”. Today it says “one of the names of god in the hebrew bible meaning "the god who sees me" or "the god who sees"”.
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El Roi ( Biblical Hebrew : אֵל רֳאִי , romanized: ʾĒl Rŏʾī ) is one of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible meaning "The God who sees me" or "The God who sees." Rashi translates it "god of sight", Joseph b. Isaac Bekhor Shor translates it "god saw me", Abraham Ibn Ezra , Bahya b. Asher , and Obadiah b. Jacob Sforno , "god who appears", David Kimhi , "god I saw" or "visible god", and Levi b. Gershon as "all-seeing god". This name appears in the Book of Genesis, specifically in Genesis 16:13, and is unique because it is spoken by Hagar, an Egyptian servant of Sarai (Sarah), Abraham's wife.
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El Roi is one of the biblical names of God represented by the Hebrew Bible .
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El Roi is one of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible .
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One of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible El Roi ( ) is one of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible . It is commonly translated as "the God who sees me" and is both a descriptive epithet for God using the word " El " (God) and a modifier indicating a quality of God.It was first mentioned in the Book of Genesis ( Genesis 16:13 ), by Hagar , mother of Abraham's eldest son, Ishmael .
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One of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible El Roi ( ) is one of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible . It is used in Genesis 16:13 by Hagar .Rashi translates it "god of sight", Joseph b.Isaac Bekhor Shor translates it "god saw me", Abraham Ibn Ezra , Bahya b.Asher , and Obadiah b.Jacob Sforno , "god who appears", David Kimhi , "god I saw" or "visible god", and Levi b.Gershon as "all-seeing god".
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one of the biblical names of god represented by the hebrew bible
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one of the names of god in the hebrew bible meaning "the god who sees me" or "the god who sees"
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