Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>]

Has this data also been vetted to exclude reference to ELOHIM in the
construct state or with a personal suffix, where the definite article is
impossible? Also, are these only references to the God of Israel or do
they include references to other divinities?

The raw data certainly shows a decided shift from ELOHIM towards
HA'ELOHIM in prose (not in poetry, except perhaps Ecclesiastes) in the
books traditionally considered post-exilic. There is some sign of the
shift in the later pre-exilic prose books (according to traditional
ideas) e.g. 2 Kings. Of course the reason for this shift could be either
religious or linguistic, so on its own it doesn't tell us much.

I suppose that Esther has none of any of these forms and was omitted
from your table for that reason.

Peter Kirk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Hutchesson [mailto:mc2499 AT mclink.it]
> Sent: 19 July 2002 03:28
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: h'lhym
> 
> Earlier I asked:
> 
> >Is there any literature (or any thoughts) on the term
> >ha-elohim (with article) as against that without?
> 
> and didn't get any takers. Here's some raw data which
> might be found interesting. Perhaps someone might find
> it stimulating.
> 
>     h'lhym 'lhym   yhwh    'dny
> 
> Gen   20    140     128       6
> Ex    27     30     298       4
> Lev    -      -     198       -
> Num    2      7     286       1
> Deut.  5     28     413       2
> Jos    3     10     160       2
> Jdg   13     26     122       2
> Ruth   -      -      12       -
> 1Sa   11     34     204       -
> 2Sa   17     13     115       7
> 1Ki   21     21     195       4
> 2Ki   34     26     217       2
> 1Ch   44     14     112       0
> 2Ch   47     25     270       0
> Ezr   12      -      22       0
> Neh   22      3      14       2
> Job    3     11      22       1
> Ps     3    189     545      50
> So     -      -       -       1
> Pro    -      3      70       -
> Ecc   29      7       -       -
> Isa    2     14     366      47
> Jer    2     13     604      13
> Lam    -      -      30      13
> Eze    1     11     387     215
> Dan    5      -       6      13
> Hos    -      5      36       -
> Joel   -      -      23       -
> Amos   -      1      71      23
> Ob     -      -       5       1
> Jon    4      4      19       -
> Mic    -      1      33       1
> Nah    -      -      10       -
> Hab    -      -       9       1
> Zep    -      -      24       1
> Hag    -      -      25       -
> Zec    -      1      96       7
> Mal    -      5      36       1
> --------------------------------
>      316    634    5194     420
> --------------------------------
> 
> 
> 'dny has been vetted to remove non-god references
> as in "master".
> 
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
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