Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>]

Dear Peter,

h'lhym occurs 376 times, and of these 8 refers to other gods (Ex 
18:11;22:20; Deut 10:17; Judg 10:14; 2 Chr 2:5; Ps  86:8; 136:2; Jer 
11:12).


Regards

Rolf


Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo



> 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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