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Bible Note: Hi The Curtman Here's one example to answer your question. You said in you post that elo-him means "plurality in unity". I want to know, "says who"? I want to know the authority that defines elo-him that way. You see, ordinarily the eem sufix or ending of Heb words indicate the masculine plural, as "os" indicated the masculine singular of most Spanish nouns. In Psalm 89:6: “Who can resemble Jehovah among the sons of God [bi·beneh´ ´E·lim´]?” You notice here Jehovah is in the plural but refering only to one God. If it were intended to mean "plurality in unity" then the LXX (Greek translation would have used the word "theon" but it did not. It used the word "theos" (the singular form of the word for God) thus showing elo-him when refering to Jehovah is in the singular. Truthfinder That the plural form is used to denote a single individual here and in a number of other places is supported by the translation of ´E·lim´ by the singular form The·os´ in the Greek Septuagint; likewise by Deus in the Latin Vulgate. Theon is the plural in Greek and Deum in Latin. |