God (יהוה)
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God is the creator of all things (Gen 1:1, John 1:3). God himself is not a created thing (Col 1:17). The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that:
God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life.
Names for God
YHWH/Yahweh (יהוה)
This is associated with the Hebrew phrase "ehyeh asher ehyeh" (I am who I am), or God told Moses in Ex 3:14 that he is being itself:
The revelation of the ineffable name "I AM WHO AM" contains then the truth that God alone IS. the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, and following it the Church's Tradition, understood the divine name in this sense: God is the fullness of Being and of every perfection, without origin and without end. All creatures receive all that they are and have from him; but he alone is his very being, and he is of himself everything that he is.
(CCC ¶213)
Hashem (הַשֵּׁם)
Hashem translates into "The Name". The ancient Hebrews used this as a precaution to avoid violating the 3rd Commandment, it was to avoid taking the Lord's name in vain.
Yehoshua (יהושוע)
The name combines the divine name "Yah" (יהוה) with the Hebrew word for "salvation" or "deliverance" (יְשׁוּעָה).
Qualities of God
Omnipotence
Omnipotence means "all powerful".
Omniscience
Omniscience means "all knowing".
Omnibenevolence
Omnibenevolence means "all good".