Lexical Definition

‎אֱלָהּ‎ ʼĕlâhh (el-aw') god ^H:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎אֱלוֹהַּ‎

God, god.

• God

1) god, God
1a) god, heathen deity
1b) God (of Israel)

See Greek: ἄγγελος · ἐλοΐ

Extended Information

Aramaic of: אֱלוֹהַּ

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Hebrew form: אֱלוֹהַּ
‎אֱלָהּ‎₉₄ noun masculine god, God (= Biblical Hebrew ‎אֱלֹהַּ‎ (p. 43), see also √ I. ‎אלה‎); — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Dan 2:28 +, construct vDan 2:18 +; emphatic ‎אֱלָהָא‎ vDan 2:20 +; suffix ‎אֱלָהִי‎ Dan 6:23*, ‎הָךְ‎- Ezra 9:14 +, ‎הֵהּ‎- Dan 6:6* +, ‎הֲהֹם‎- Ezra 5:5; Ezra 7:16, ‎הֲהוֺן‎- Dan 3:28 (twice in verse); Dan 3:29, ‎הֲכֹם‎- Ezra 7:17, etc.; plural absolute ‎אֱלָהִין‎ Dan 2:11 +, emphatic ‎הַיָּא‎- Jer 10:11, construct ‎הֵי‎- Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23, suffix ‎הַי‎- Dan 3:14, etc. [with prefix ‎לֵאלָהָא‎ Dan 5:23, ‎לֵאלָהָיךְ‎ Dan 3:14, etc.; but not in singular absolute or construct, e.g. ‎לֶאֱלָהּ‎ Ezra 5:12, etc.]; —

1. god, in general Dan 6:8*; Dan 6:13* heathen deities Jer 10:11; Dan 2:11; Dan 3:15+ 15 t. Daniel (made of gold, etc. Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23) + ‎בַּראֱֿלָהִין‎ Dan 3:25.(see ‎בַּר‎).

2.₇₃ God (of Israel), Dan 2:28; Ezra 5:2 +; phrase ‎׳‎‎אֱלָהּ יִשׂ‎ Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:15 ‎יְרוּשְׁלֵם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ezra 7:19 ‎אֲבָהָתַי‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Dan 2:23 ‎שְׁמַיָּא‎ Ezra 5:11 (+ ‎וְאַרְעָא‎), vEzra 5:12; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:10; Dan 2:18; Dan 2:19 + 6 t. (see ‎שָׁמַיִם‎ 2 a); ‎רַב‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Dan 2:45 ‎אֱלָהִין‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ vDan 2:47 ‎אֱלָהָא עִלָּיָא‎ Dan 3:26; Dan 3:32*; Dan 5:18; Dan 5:21 ‎חַיָּא‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Dan 6:21*; Dan 6:27* also ‎בֵּית אֱלָהָא‎ Dan 5:3; Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 + 16 t. Ezra; ‎׳‎‎עֲבִידַת א‎ Ezra 6:18.

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