Friday, June 5, 2020

Michael LeFebvre on "Elohim" being the Plural form of "Eloah"


 

The Hebrew word ‘ēlōhîm is the plural form of ‘ēlŏah (or its shortened form, ‘el). The term describes a being of divine power, usually a divine being (a god) but sometimes a king or judge possessing delegated divine authority (e.g., Ps 58:1). (Michael LeFebvre, The Liturgy of Creation: Understanding Calendars in Old Testament Context [Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic, 2019], 145 n. 12)