אלוה

Hebrew

Root
א־ל־הּ (ʾ-l-hּ)
2 terms

Etymology

Proto-Northwest-Semitic *ʾilh, a form of Proto-Semitic *ʾil-, whence also אֵל. Cognate with Akkadian 𒀭 (ilum), Arabic إِلَه (ʔilah) and اللّٰه (allāh), Aramaic אֱלָהָא (ʾĕlāhā) and איל, Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤌 (ʾlm), and Ugaritic 𐎛𐎍 (ỉl /⁠ʾilu⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ • (elóahm (plural indefinite אֱלוֹהִים / אֱלֹהִים, singular construct אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ־, plural construct אֱלוֹהֵי / אֱלֹהֵי־) [pattern: קְטוֹל]

  1. a god
    • Tanach, Psalms 114:5-7:
      מַה־לְּךָ הַיָּם כִּי תָנוּס הַיַּרְדֵּן תִּסֹּב לְאָחוֹר׃ הֶהָרִים תִּרְקְדוּ כְאֵילִים גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹאן׃ מִלִּפְנֵי אָדוֹן חוּלִי אָרֶץ מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַעֲקֹב׃
      What's the matter with you, sea, that you should flee? River Jordan, that you should turn backward? With you, mountains, that you should dance like rams, you hills, like sheep? Earth, tremble before the Lord, before Jacob's God.
  2. God

Declension

Declension of אֱלוֹהַּ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite אֱלוֹהַּ first אֱלוֹהִי אֱלוֹהֵנוּ
definite הָאֱלוֹהַּ second אֱלוֹהֲךָ אֱלוֹהֵךְ אֱלוֹהֲכֶם אֱלוֹהֲכֶן
construct אֱלוֹהַּ־ third אֱלוֹהוֹ אֱלוֹהָהּ אֱלוֹהָם אֱלוֹהָן
plural indefinite אֱלוֹהִים first אלוהיי / אֱלוֹהַי אֱלוֹהֵינוּ
definite הָאֱלוֹהִים second אֱלוֹהֶיךָ אלוהייך / אֱלוֹהַיִךְ אֱלוֹהֵיכֶם אֱלוֹהֵיכֶן
construct אֱלוֹהֵי־ third אֱלוֹהָיו אֱלוֹהֶיהָ אֱלוֹהֵיהֶם אֱלוֹהֵיהֶן