א־ל

Hebrew

Etymology

The "God" sense is from אֵל (el, “god”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔil-. Compare Arabic ء ل ه (ʔ l h).

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Root

א־ל • (ʾ-l)

  1. Related to God, gods.
  2. Related to strength.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ל (0 c, 6 e)

Further reading

  • A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾL”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 28
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