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title: אֱלֹוהַּ — god · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלֹוהַּ (433), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 57 times: god. BDB 1906: n.m. god, God God. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלֹוהַּ

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«אֱלֹוהַּ» in the Tanakh 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.

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**Used:** 57 times · **Key:** 433 · **BDB:** אֱלֹהַּ

### Glosses

God (31); of.God (10); god (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

god [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/433/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. god, God God [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/433/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** so Dt 32:17; לֶאֱלֹהַּ Dn 11:38 (vid. BD) sf. לֵאלֹהוֹ Hb 1:11; elsewhere אֱלוֹהַּ n.m. god, God. (Sam. id., Aramaic אֱלָהּ, ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ,, Arabic إِلٰهٌ, Sab. אלה DHMl.c.;—אֱלֹהַּ as found in Heb. prob. a sg. formed by inference from pl. אֱלֹהִים: cf. Nesl.c.)— a heathen god, late usage; כָּל־אֱלוֹהַּ 2 Ch. 32:15 Dn 11:37; זוּ כחו לאלהו whose power is his god Hb 1:11 2 K 17:31 (but Qr אֱלֹהֵי), אשר הביא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּיָדוֹ who doth bring God in his hand Jb 12:6 (Ew Di RVm, etc.) God, used in ancient poems Dt 32:15, 17 ψ 18:32, and on their basis an archaism in later poetry Jb 3:4 + (41 times Jb), ψ 50:22; 114:7; 139:19 Pr 30:5 Is 44:8 Hb 3:3 Ne 9:17 (citing Ex 34:6 where אֵל is used).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱלֹוהַּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/433/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.22/)

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מִ֭צָּפוֹן זָהָ֣ב יֶֽאֱתֶ֑ה עַל־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נ֣וֹרָא הֽוֹד׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] north gold it.comes \[is\].on God awesome majesty

*JPS 1917:* Out of the north cometh golden splendour, about God is terrible majesty.

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[Job 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.7/)

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הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּמְצָ֑א אִ֤ם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית שַׁדַּ֣י תִּמְצָֽא׃

*Word for word:* the searching? of.God will.you.find or? to the.end of.\[the\].Almighty will.you.find

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?

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