The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible defines elohim as a plural of eloah, an expanded form of the common Semitic noun il (ʾēl).[3] It contains an added heh as third radical to the biconsonantal root. Discussions of the etymology of elohim essentially concern this expansion. An exact cognate outside of Hebrew is found in Ugaritic ʾlhm, the family of El, the creator god and chief deity of the Canaanite pantheon, in Biblical Aramaic ʼĔlāhā and later Syriac Alaha God, and in Arabic ʾilāh god, deity (or Allah as The [single] God). El (the basis for the extended root ʾlh) is usually derived from a root meaning to be strong and/or to be in front.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:37:16 +0000
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