Many-Breasted One is in some reference books as a meaning of El Shaddai. That is not the meaning of El Shaddai, not even close. El Shaddai means God Almighty! The root of Shaddai is Sh-D-D, meaning to deal violently with. The word for breast is Shed, with a root Sh-D-H, meaning to nourish. There is no relationship of Sh-D-D to Sh-D-H, or of El-Shaddai to Shed, God Almighty to Breast.

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