> Elohim is a masculine plural noun. Eloah, the singular form of the
word, > appears 54 times and is also used in reference to both the true God
and to > false gods. Eloah is from the Hebrew El, which appears 226 times. El
> signifies strength and power. > <snip>
Well, 'EL may be a contracted form of 'ELOAH (though hardly vice versa)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
or otherwise derived from the root 'LH; or it may be derived from the
root 'YL meaning "strength, power", as in 'AYIL "ram", "leader". But I
don't see how both of these can be true at the same time. BDB has a
summary of some options (pp.41-42), but a lot of this is pure speculation.
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