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Gentile Wrote:Steve-o

I know that 'el' is usually understood as 'mighty' or 'strong' but from what I have read 'el' was an ancient Semitic reference used to refer to a supernatural being or deity - hence 'a god'.

In any case this doesn't provide any explanation AT ALL as to why the Masoretes used the plural anyway. So are we now to believe that 'mighties' created the heavens and earth? It is STILL plural anyway, and I don't buy this 'plural of majesty' explanation to understand it. The Peshitta Tanakh and Septuagint both use singular forms which makes more sense.

Many men are refered to as "El" in the Massoretic text. It was an adjective :-)

~Shrugs~ It does not make sense to me very much, as "El" "Eloah" "Elohim" and others are used in an interchangeable fashion with eachother. I don't think this "plural of majesty" schtick holds water either. :-)

The Aramaic, using A-L-H-A could be either "AaLoHoA" (s) or "AaLoHeA" (p). Singular OR plural.

We know that Greek translators are fond of glossing things over, so sometimes the Seventy is making things up. I'd say some heavy textual criticism is way overdue :-)

Shlomo,
-Steve-o
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