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Lemma

אֱלָהּ

elah

God. The Biblical Aramaic noun for God, and for gods in the plural setting.

Forms

  • אֱלָהּ elah Biblical Aramaic, H426. Singular, God or a god.
  • אֱלָהָא elaha Emphatic singular, “the God,” common in Daniel.
  • אֱלָהִין elahin Plural, gods, as in “a son of the gods.”
  • אֱלָהַיָּא elahayya Emphatic plural, “the gods.”
  • אֵל el God. A shorter Hebrew noun for God, and for power or the mighty when the setting is not divine.
  • אֱלוֹהַּ eloah God. A singular Hebrew noun for God, common in Job.
  • אֱלֹהִים elohim God. The usual Hebrew noun for God, and for gods when the setting is plural.
  • θεός theos God. The usual Greek noun for God, and for a god when the setting is pagan or plural.

אֱלָהּ is the usual word for God in the Aramaic chapters. The letters are filed with the Hebrew forms on this site. The note marks it as Biblical Aramaic. It matches Hebrew אֱלוֹהַּ and stands with אֵל and אֱלֹהִים as another noun this Bible may print God.

Daniel 2:18 seeks mercies “from the God of heaven.” Daniel 3:17 says, “our God whom we serve is able to deliver us.” Daniel 3:25 says the fourth looks “like a son of the gods.” Ezra 5:2 names “the God of Israel.”

In this Bible, “God,” “god,” and “gods” link here only in the verses where the Aramaic is this noun.

Strong’s

Strong’s dictionaries compiled by Open Scriptures, used under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

אֱלָהּ H426

ʼĕlâhh · el-aw'

God

(Aramaic) corresponding to H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ);

KJV glosses: God, god.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906). Public-domain digital text.

אֱלָהּ H426 · H433

Biblical Aramaic

אֱלָהּ94 noun masculine god, God (= Biblical Hebrew אֱלֹהַּ (p. 43), see also √ I. אלה); — ׳א absolute Dan 2:28 +, construct vDan 2:18 +; emphatic אֱלָהָא vDan 2:20 +; suffix אֱלָהִי Dan 6:23, הָךְ- Ezra 9:14 +, הֵהּ- Dan 6:6 +, הֲהֹם- Ezra 5:5; Ezra 7:16, הֲהוֺן- Dan 3:28 (twice in verse); Dan 3:29, הֲכֹם- Ezra 7:17, etc.; plural absolute אֱלָהִין Dan 2:11 +, emphatic הַיָּא- Jer 10:11, construct הֵי- Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23, suffix הַי- Dan 3:14, etc. [with prefix לֵאלָהָא Dan 5:23, לֵאלָהָיךְ Dan 3:14, etc.; but not in singular absolute or construct, e.g. לֶאֱלָהּ Ezra 5:12, etc.]; — 1. god, in general Dan 6:8; Dan 6:13 heathen deities Jer 10:11; Dan 2:11; Dan 3:15+ 15 t. Daniel (made of gold, etc. Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23) + בַּראֱֿלָהִין Dan 3:25.(see בַּר).

2.73 God (of Israel), Dan 2:28; Ezra 5:2 +; phrase ׳אֱלָהּ יִשׂ Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:15 יְרוּשְׁלֵם ׳א Ezra 7:19 אֲבָהָתַי ׳א Dan 2:23 שְׁמַיָּא Ezra 5:11 (+ וְאַרְעָא), vEzra 5:12; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:10; Dan 2:18; Dan 2:19 + 6 t. (see שָׁמַיִם 2 a); רַב ׳א Dan 2:45 אֱלָהִין ׳א vDan 2:47 אֱלָהָא עִלָּיָא Dan 3:26; Dan 3:32; Dan 5:18; Dan 5:21 חַיָּא ׳א Dan 6:21; Dan 6:27 also בֵּית אֱלָהָא Dan 5:3; Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 + 16 t. Ezra; ׳עֲבִידַת א Ezra 6:18.