אלהא
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- Syriac: ܐܠܗܐ
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Cognate with the Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), Hebrew אֵל (ʾēl), אֱלוֹהַּ \ אֱלֹהַּ (ʾĕlṓah), אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (ʾĕlōhīm).
Noun
אֱלָהָא • (ʾĕlāh) m (plural אֱלָהַיָּא)
- god, deity
- Daniel 5:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אִשְׁתִּיו חַמְרָא וְשַׁבַּחוּ לֵאלָהֵי דַּהֲבָא וְכַסְפָּא נְחָשָׁא פַרְזְלָא אָעָא וְאַבְנָא׃
- ʾištīw ḥamrā wəšabbáḥū lēlāhē dahăḇā wəḵaspā nəḥāšā p̄arzəlā ʾāʿā wəʾaḇnā.
- They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- Daniel 5:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
References
- “ˀlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
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