bibl. Wiss. x. 11, Bibl. Theol. ii. 330)
;
b.
אֵל
from
√
אלה
strong
(not
אלהּ
, &
אֱלֹהִים
expanded from
אֵל
,
cf.
pl.
אֲמָהֹות
from
אמה
etc.; so
Di
on
Gn 1:1
; he supports meaning
strong
by ref. to phrase
יֵשׁ לְאֵל יָדִי
Gn 31:29
al.
;
c.
similarly,
אֵל
, being very early & common Shemitic word, formed
pl.
אלהים
, from which sing.
אֱלֹוהַּ
was afterwards inferred,
Nes
Theol. Stud. a. Württ., 1882, 243;
(criticized by
Nö
SBA l.c.
).
4. אֵל
(
אֱלֹוהַּ
,
אֱלֹהִים
disregarded) from
√
אלה
stretch out to, reach after
(
cf.
prep.
אֶל
,
אֱלֵי
, also
אָלָה
swear
), God as
the one whom men strive to reach
, ‘das Ziel aller Menschensehnsucht und alles Menschenstrebens,’
Lag
Or ii. 3; GN 1882, 173
= M
96.—
Cf.
Spurrell
Heb. Text of Gn., App. ii
, where all these views are stated somewhat more fully, & briefly criticized; on the use of
אֵל
&
אֱלֹהַּ
in Shemitic languages
vid.
, exhaustively,
Nö
MBAk, SBAk, l.c.)
.
II. אֵל S 410, 411, 412 TWOT 02575, 92, 93a GK 445, 446, 447 n.m. ( also, in n.pr. אֶל , אֱלִי ;
Sam. אל , Ph. אל , אלן (i.e. prob. אֵלֹן ), Sab. אל , DHM Or Congr. Leiden, 1883 , Assyrian ilu , Dl W; perhaps also Arabic, Aramaic cf. Nö l.c.; on goddess אלת Ph. Palm. Nab. Sab. (also אלהת ) DHM l.c., Arabic إِلَاﻩَة ( ˒ilāhat ) ( pl. إِلَاﻩَات
(
˒ilāhāt
))
Fl
Kl.Schr. i. 154
, Assyrian
Allatu
Jr 6
6, Syriac
ܐܰܠܳܗܳܬܳܐ
(
˒alohoto
),
cf.
also
Bae
Rel. 58, 90, 97, 271, 297
)
god
, but with various subordinate applications to express idea of might;—hardly ever in prose except with defining word (
adj.
or gen.); its only suff. is
י
—
ִ
;—
•
1.
applied to
men of might and rank
,
אֵל גוים
mighty one of the nations
Ez 31:11
(of
Neb
.;
Ö
ἂρχων ἒθνων
,
איל
some
MSS.
Co
);
אֵלִים
mighty men
Jb 41:17
(
אילים
, many
MSS.
Di
);
אֵלֵי גִבֹּורִים
mighty heroes
Ez 32:21
(
אֵילֵי
MSS
.
Co
);
אֵילֵי הָאָרֶץ
Ez 17:13 2 K 24:15
(
Kt
אולי
);
אֵילִים
Ex 15:15
(prob.
pl.
of
III.
אַיִל
,
q.v.
) These readings are uncertain because of an effort to distinguish these forms from the divine name.
אֵל
Nes
E. Nestle.
l.c.
in loco citato.
Lag
P. de Lagarde,
Orientalia
.
M (in BAram. Appendix) K. Marti, Gram. d. bibl. Aram. Sam. Samaria, Samaritan (rarely = Samuel).
Or C. von Orelli. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrisches Wörterbuch . Palm. Palmyrene.
Nab. Nabataean. Fl H. L. Fleischer, Kleine Schriften Bae F. Baethgen, Beiträge zur Semitischen Religionsgenschichte adj. adjective.
Neb Nebuchadnezzar. Co C. H. Cornill.
Kt K ethibh .