From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 17690
Date: 2003-01-16
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From: <richard.wordingham@...>
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Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 10:50 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Elohim
> Accoding to Ben Yehuda, Modern Hebrew 'elo:ah means 'God',
> not 'god'. I didn't think the word existed. Is it found in the
> Bible? (I don't fancy investigating every occurrence of 'God' in a
> translation.)
It is, but it seems to be a relatively late term -- most of the occurrences are found in the Book of Job. Hence my suspicion that it's a back-derivative of some sort.
>
> What's feminine about 'elo:ah?
>
A good question. Does anyone on the list know enough (about) Hebrew to discuss it? Is there really anything feminine about it, or is it just a myth?
Piotr