Jewish names for God

For a current project I'm working on, writing new berachot, I recently began looking for a list of alternate names for God derived from Jewish scripture. The Reconstructionist prayerbook series sometimes employes such alternatives for the words Adonai (my Lord) or Melech (king) used in the traditional introductory beracha formula of Baruch atah Adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam, in order to avoid their patriarchial and hierarchical imagery.

I know for myself, I've always found those two words troublesome, and very far removed from my own personal theology.

It took awhile to assemble this list of alternatives, doing electronic word searches through the Tanach, so I thought I'd post them here, in the event they might save someone else some time!

Alternative names for God

Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, I will be what I will be — Exodus 3:14 *
E’in Sof, God the Infinite — a Kabbalistic name
El De’ot, God of Knowledge — 1 Samuel 2:3
El Echad, the One God — Malachi 2:10
El Elyon, God Most High — Psalm 57:3
El HaShamayim, God of the Heavens — Psalm 136:26
El Olam, God of Eternity — Genesis 21:33
El Rachum, God of Compassion — Psalm 86:15
El Roi, God Who Sees Me — Genesis 16:13
Elohim Chaiyim, Living God — Jer. 10:10
Elohay Kedem, God of the Beginning — Deut 33:27
Elohay Marom, God of Heights — Micah 6:6
Elohay Mauzi, God of my Strength — Psalm 43:2
Elohay Mikarov, God Who is Near — Jer. 23:23
Elohay Tehilati, God of my Praise — Psalm 109:1
HaMakom, the Place — a Kabbalistic name **
Immanu El, God Is With Us — Isaiah 7:14
YHVH Rapha, God Who Heals — Exodus 15:26
YHVH Yihre, God Will See — Genesis 22:14

* Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, “I will be what I will be” — One of the most famous verses in the Bible, this is the sole response Moses receives when he asks for God’s name in Exodus 3:14. It is generally interpreted to mean “I shall be what I shall be” or “I am that I am.” The Tetragrammaton may derive from the same verbal root.

** HaMakom, “the place” — A name of God used in rabbinic literature. In Jewish mysticism, tzimtzum refers to the kabbalistic theory of creation that God “contracted” its infinite light to allow for a “conceptual space” in which a finite, seemingly independent world could exist. This contraction is known as the tzimtzum. Because the tzimtzum results in the conceptual “space” in which the physical universe and free will can exist, God is referred to as HaMakom.