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From: "Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>
To: Hebrew List <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Ha'eLoHiM
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:43:11 -0500

A few weeks ago, someone asked the why 'eLoHiM sometimes has the
definite article. I have not studied this phenomenon, but today I
observed that in its 366 occurrences, Ha'eLoHiM does not function as
the subject of a finite verb except in the books of Chronicles,
Nehemiah, Ecclesiastes, Daniel, and Jonah (about 30 all together). I
looked at the list very quickly, however, so I may have missed a few
somewhere.

So, what do you think that means.

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Lee R. Martin
Pastor, Prospect Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee
Instructor in Hebrew and Old Testament
Church of God Theological Seminary
http://earth.vol.com/~lmartin/

Ha'eLoHiM, Lee R. Martin, 11/12/1999