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YHVH Elohim — LORD God

יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים

YHVH Elohim · Adonai Elohim (as read) — pronounced ah-doh-NYE el-oh-HEEM (as read) · appears ~930 (joined) times · Strong's H3068, H430

The joined name of Eden — covenant Name and Creator name together.

The midrash reads the joining as mercy united with justice — the world could stand on neither alone. Christian readers see the personal covenant God and the cosmic Creator revealed as one from the garden onward.

First occurrence

Gen 2:4 — The verse of the small heh: 'in the day YHVH Elohim made earth and heavens'

Key passages

Gen 3:8 — Walking in the garden in the cool of the day

Ps 84:11 — 'YHVH Elohim is a sun and shield'

In the Greek Scriptures

Κύριος ὁ Θεός

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