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its hebrew for god
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I only know what I read in wikipedia, but a lot of people are asking questions here on AB about it. http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/504076 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/101939 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/142408 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/35905
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The Hebrew word Elohim might find resonance amongst Arabic speakers as both languages are Semitic and have many words that sound similar. I think in Hebrew the suffix 'im' is added to words to make them plural or for respect. When used for God, in the OT, it would represent respect and obviously NOT plural as Judaism is a strictly monotheistic religion. The Hebrew ‘Eloh’ is very close to the Arabic ‘Elaah’ which also means god and ‘Allah’ which means the God. So Elohim is Eloh + im. Eloh is very similar to the Arabic Ilah which means god (I've put capitals in both Eloh and Ilah, although neither Hebrew nor Arabic has any upper/lower case distinction in its alphabet).
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G-d in Hebrew...
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"The God most High" or "Most High God". It implies a group of lesser or subordinate gods.
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