Elohim

Elohim is the ordinary Hebrew word for 'God' — grammatically a plural, used with singular verbs for Israel's one God — taken into English by Bible scholars.

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The road to English

From Proto-Semitic to Arabic

From Biblical Hebrew to Modern Hebrew

From Biblical Hebrew to French, German

From English to American English

3000 BCEProto-Semitic

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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