--- title: אֱלָהּ — god · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: אֱלָהּ (lemma:אֱלָהּ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 95 times: god. BDB 1906: n.m. god, God. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5dc_5b8_5d4_5bc.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)‎ / אֱלָהּ‎ # אֱלָהּ «אֱלָהּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **god** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 95 times · **Key:** lemma:אֱלָהּ · **BDB:** אֱלָהּ ### Glosses of.(the) (19); God (14); of (13) ### Meaning (OSHB) god [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5dc_5b8_5d4_5bc/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. god, God [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5dc_5b8_5d4_5bc/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. god, God (= BH אֱלֹהַּ (p. 43), v. also √ I. אלה p. 41);—א׳ abs. Dn 2:28 +, cstr. v 18 +; emph. אֱלָהָא v 20 +; sf. אֱלָהִי 6:23, -הָךְ Ezr 9:14 +, -הֵהּ Dn 6:6 +, -הֲהֹם Ezr 5:5; 7:16, -הֲהוֹן Dn 3:28(×2), 29, -הֲכֹם Ezr 7:17, etc.; pl. abs. אֱלָהִין Dn 2:11 +, emph. -הַיָּא Je 10:11, cstr. -הֵי Dn 5:4, 23, sf. -הַי 3:14, etc. \[c. pref. לֵאלָהָא Dn 5:23, לֵאלָהָ֯יךְ 3:14, etc.; but not in sg. abs. or cstr., e.g. לֶאֱלָהּ Ezr 5:12, etc.\];— god, in gen. Dn 6:8, 13; heathen deities Je 10:11 Dn 2:11; 3:15 + 15 times Dn (made of gold, etc. 5:4, 23), + בַּר־אֱלָהִין 3:25 (v. בַּר). 73 God (of Isr.), Dn 2:28 Ezr 5:2 +; phr. אֱלָהּ יִשׂ׳ Ezr 5:1; 6:14; 7:15; א׳ יְרוּשְׁלֵם 7:19; א׳ אֲבָהָתַי Dn 2:23; א׳ שְׁמַיָּא Ezr 5:11 (+ וְאַרְעָא), v 12 6:9, 10 Dn 2:18, 19 + 6 times (v. שְׁמַיִם 2 a); א׳ רַב Dn 2:45; א׳ אֱלָהִין v 47; אֱלָהָא עִלָּיָא 3:26, 32; 5:18, 21; א׳ הַיָּא 6:21, 27; also בֵּית אֱלָהָא 5:3 Ezr 4:24; 5:2 + 16 times Ezr; עֲבִידַת א׳ Ezr 6:18. ### Jastrow 1903 אֱלָהּ: God. Pl. gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5dc_5b8_5d4_5bc/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** (= h. אֱלוֹהַּ) God. Dan. III, 28; a. fr.—Targ. O. Deut. XXXIII, 26; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 5, end את אלה רב Ar. (ed. אלוה). Y. B. Mets. II, 8ᶜ אלההון דיהודאי the God of the Jews. Y. Snh. X, 28ᵇ.—Pl. (also plur. majest.) אֱלָהִין. Dan. II, 11; a. e.—אֱלָהַיָּא. Jer. X, 11. Targ. Ps. CXXXVI, 2 אלהי אלהיא the God of gods. \[Gen. R. s. 26 כומריא גנבו א׳ וכ׳ (read אלהון) when priests rob—who would swear by their god?\] Ib. (ref. to Gen. VI, 2).—Lev. R. s. 33 תמן קריין … אֱלָהַיָּיא there (in Rome) they call their kings gods. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אֱלָהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5dc_5b8_5d4_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 5:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.26/) דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃ *Word for word:* this \[is\].the.interpretation of the.matter mene he.has.numbered (the) God kingdom your and he has.finished.it *JPS 1917:* This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end. [Daniel 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.12/) אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ לְדָנִיֵּ֑אל בָּעֵ֥א וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ן קֳדָ֥ם אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃ *Word for word:* then the men these they.came.as.a.crowd and they.found (et) Daniel asking and imploring.favor before God his *JPS 1917:* Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. - ← previous: [אַל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5dc.md) - next →: [אֵלֶּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b5_5dc_5b6_5bc_5d4.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)