The Hebrew God is Shepherd of Israel, his own peculiar people.
For He is our God, and we are
The people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
—Psalm 95:7.
Know that Yahwe, He is God:
He made us, and we are His,
His people, and the sheep of his pasture.
—Psalm 100:3.
The Assyrian deity is frequently addressed in the hymns as father. Probably it originally meant father of the gods in a physical sense. In some instances it may have meant no more than the supreme god:
Father Nannar, lord Anshar, chief of the gods.