Biblical Hebrew Forum

[yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>]

re: elohim as plural form for singular==

be`alim and adonim are also used as "singulars" and refer to people.

this has a very interesting development in mishnaic hebrew. 
for those interested, see:

randall buth, "luk 19.31-34, mishnaic hebrew, and bible translation: is
kurioi tou pwlou singular?"
journal of biblical literature [104-4] 1985:680-685

shows unmistakable mishnaic texts with plural verbs used with these idioms
when having singualr meanings. includes biblical hebrew, lxx and aramaic
data.

fyi--still used today in modern hebrew "be`alim" = owner, though back to
biblical, singular grammatical concord.

braxot
randall buth