אלוה
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Hebrew[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| א־ל־הּ (ʾ-l-hּ) |
Etymology[edit]
Proto-Northwest-Semitic *ʾlh, a form of Proto-Semitic *ʾil-, whence also אֵל. Cognate with Akkadian 𒀭 (ilum), Arabic إِلَه (ʔilah) and اللّٰه (allāh), Aramaic אֱלָהָא (ʾĕlāhā) and איל, Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤌 (ʾlm), and Ugaritic 𐎛𐎍 (ỉl /ʾilu/).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /eˈlo.a/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔiloːh/
Noun[edit]
אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ • (elóah) m (plural indefinite אֱלוֹהִים / אֱלֹהִים, singular construct אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ־, plural construct אֱלוֹהֵי / אֱלֹהֵי־)
- A god.
- Tanach, Psalms 114:5-7:
- מַה־לְּךָ הַיָּם כִּי תָנוּס הַיַּרְדֵּן תִּסֹּב לְאָחוֹר׃ הֶהָרִים תִּרְקְדוּ כְאֵילִים גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹאן׃ מִלִּפְנֵי אָדוֹן חוּלִי אָרֶץ מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַעֲקֹב׃
- What's the matter with you, sea, that you should flea? River Jordan, that you should turn backward? With you, mountains, that you should dance like rams, you hills, like sheep? Earth, tremble before the lord, before Jacob's god.
- God.
Declension[edit]
Declension of אֱלוֹהַּ
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אֱלוֹהַּ | first | אֱלוֹהִי | אֱלוֹהֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֱלוֹהַּ | second | אֱלוֹהֲךָ | אֱלוֹהֵךְ | אֱלוֹהֲכֶם | אֱלוֹהֲכֶן | |
| construct | אֱלוֹהַּ־ | third | אֱלוֹהוֹ | אֱלוֹהָהּ | אֱלוֹהָם | אֱלוֹהָן | |
| plural | indefinite | אֱלוֹהִים | first | אלוהיי / אֱלוֹהַי | אֱלוֹהֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֱלוֹהִים | second | אֱלוֹהֶיךָ | אלוהייך / אֱלוֹהַיִךְ | אֱלוֹהֵיכֶם | אֱלוֹהֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אֱלוֹהֵי־ | third | אֱלוֹהָיו | אֱלוֹהֶיהָ | אֱלוֹהֵיהֶם | אֱלוֹהֵיהֶן | |
Related terms[edit]
- אלוהים / אֱלֹהִים (elohím)