א־לإ ل ه

ʾ-l “god”

Proto-Semitic *ʾil- 'god' and its extension *ʾilāh- gave Hebrew ʾēl and ʾĕlōhîm, Aramaic ʾĕlāh and Arabic ʾilāh and Allāh. As a name element it is everywhere: Michael 'who is like God?', Daniel, Gabriel, Samuel, Ezekiel, Raphael, Emmanuel 'God with us', Elizabeth, Elijah and the place Bethel 'house of God'.

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Words from this root 12

ElohimProto-Semitic → Biblical Hebrew → English
MichaelBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Old English → Middle English → English
DanielBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Old English → Middle English → English
GabrielBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Old English → Middle English → English
ElijahBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Middle English → English → English
SamuelBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Old English → Middle English → English
EmmanuelBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → English
bethelBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → English
EzekielBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → English
RaphaelBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → English
ElizabethBiblical Hebrew → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Old English → Middle English → English
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthaniBiblical Hebrew → Aramaic → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Middle English → English

Relatives outside the atlas

Biblical Hebrew	אֵל	ʾēl	“god, God”
Biblical Hebrew	אֱלוֹהַּ	ʾĕlôah	“god (poetic singular)”
Aramaic	אֱלָהָא	ʾĕlāhāʾ	“god, the God”
Arabic	إِلٰه	ʾilāh	“a god”
Arabic	الله	Allāh	“God”
Akkadian	ilu	ilu	“god”
Ugaritic	𐎛𐎍	ʾil	“El, head of the Ugaritic pantheon”