Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Kevin Barney <klbarney AT yahoo.com>]

IIRC, TDOT talks about this s.v. "Elohim."  My
recollection is that they say that Elohim is a plural
of El (with a medial he vis-a-vis elim as an
Aramaicization, much like the form Abraham from
Abram).  Eloah is then a back formation of a singular
from the the plural form Elohim. (But I wouldn't say
it is without basis in other Semitic languages; I
think their argument is that it is an Aramaism.) 
Check out the article in TDOT for more details.


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> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:54:46 EST
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> I've read that the singular G-d is 'el -- and 'eloah
> is a back-formation 
> without basis in other Semitic languages.  Does
> anyone have a citation or (better 
> yet) a proof one way or the other?
> 
> Is 'elohim the plural (a) of 'eloah, or (b) of 'el? 
> 
> Ready, set, go!
> 
>

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Kevin L. Barney
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
klbarney AT yahoo.com

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