‘elōhîm may also occur occasionally of supernatural beings
other than the major deities, as arguably in several psalms:
. . . you have made them a little lower than ‘elōhîm .
. . (lit., Ps. 8:5)
God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of ‘elōhîm he holds judgment . . .
I say, ‘You are, children of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, you shall die like mortals . . .’ (Lit., Ps. 82:1, 6) (Philip S. Johnston, Shades of Sheol: Death
and Afterlife in the Old Testament [Leicester: Apollos, 2002], 143)
