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n0mesorah
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Dear Tuna,

Names are how we associate traits with beings. Without names, it would be impossible to categorize anything. Try to list four legged creatures, without using their names! How much more so when trying to attach mental or emotional concepts to a particular existence. Once we give everything a word or a name, we instantly realize that this word or name includes all it’s attributes. So when we use the word ‘mouse’ we have all kinds ideas of mouse-like attributes. We still know what the creature is, but we refer to it by that word to encompass all of it’s attributes.

But we have no concept of what Hashem is. We can’t comprehend how he functions. All the titles you listed only reference an attribute that we can understand and relate to ourselves on the smallest scale. So none of those can ever refer to Him. Only The Name.