Allah in the Jewish Bible
By Dennis Giron
"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is One LORD:" (Deuteronomy 6:4)
Clarifying the linguistic connections between the Names Allah and Elohim.
First we see the identical prononciation in Scripture:
The word for God in Genesis 1:1 is
elohim, which is essentially a plural form of a more basic root-Hebrew word for God,
(
eloh).
Furthermore, the Arabic translation of the Jewish Bible uses the name "Allah" to refer to God in Genesis 1:1
"
Fee al-badi' khalaqa Allahu as-Samaawaat wa al-Ard . . ."View attachment 25510
In addition to the etymological connection based on sound, we also discover the connections of the two Names based on roots, spelling, meaning, and geography.
If one were to find the word
(
eloh) (alef-lamed-heh) in an inscription written in paleo-hebrew, aramaic, or some sort of Nabatean script, it could be pronounced numerous ways without the diacritical marks to guide the reader.
When treated as a verb root, this letter combination (proncounced
alah) is the root for the verb "to swear" or "to take an oath," as well as the verb "to deify" or "to worship"
[look up alef-lamed-heh (ALH) in
Milon Ben-Y'hudaah, Ivri-Angli (
Ben Yehuda's Hebrew-English Dictionary)]. The root itself finds its origin with an older root,
el, which means God, deity, power, strength..
So, one of the basic Hebrew words for God,
(
eloh), can easily be pronounced
alah without the diacritical marks. Not surprisingly, the Aramaic word for God, according to the
Lexicon offered at
http://pe****ta.org, is
(
alah).
This word, in the standard script (
), or the Estrangela script (
), is spelled alap-lamad-heh (ALH), which are the exact corresponding letters to the Hebrew
eloh.
The Aramaic is closely related to the more ancient root word for God,
eel (according to Robert Oshana's on-line introduction to basic Assyrian Aramaic at
www.learnassyrian.com).
The Arabic word for God, Allah, is spelled in a very similar way, and is remotely related to the more generic word for deity,
ilah. We're quickly starting to notice the obvious linguistic and etymological connections between the respective words for God in these closely related Semitic languages (e.g. Allah, Alah, and Eloh being related to Ilah, Eel, and El, respectively).
Let me make it more clear....
- We have made the connection in terms of spelling, as all these words are spelled similar to one another.
- The geographic connection is there, as these respective languages originate in regions that are very close to one another.
- The roots are also basically the same.
- The meanings are essentially the same.
In conclusion, the ancient Semitic names for God (Allah and Elohim) are actually the same.
Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words
https://www.amazon.com/Vines-Complete-Expository-Dictionary-Testament/dp/078526020X
Vines says the root word for eloah a Allah is exactly the same.
View attachment 25511
Word Number: 904
Meaning: God
Pronunciation: (Eastern) AaLaH
(Western) AaLoH
Part of Speech: Noun
Gender: Masculine
Person:
Number: Singular
State: Absolute
Tense:
Form:
Suffix Gender:
Suffix Person:
Suffix Number: Singular
Lexeme Form:
Concordance
1Corinthians - 8:4
Ephesians - 2:12
2Thessalonians - 2:4
Lexicon
Word: 0hl0
Lexeme: 0hl0
Root: hl0
Word Number: 905
Meaning: God
Pronunciation: (Eastern) AaLaHaA
(Western) AaLoHoA
Part of Speech: Noun
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Smith Bible Dictionary confirms Allah is the same as Eloah.
“God ” means good Smiths Bible Dictionary
Smith's Bible Dictionary
God : Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures two chief names are used for the one true divine Being--ELOHIM, commonly translated God in our version, and JEHOVAH, translated Lord . Elohim is the plural of Eloah (in Arabic Allah); it is often used in the short form EL (a word signifying strength , as in EL-SHADDAI, God Almighty, the name by which God was specially known to the patriarchs. (Genesis 17:1; 28:3; Exodus 6:3) The etymology is uncertain, but it is generally agreed that the primary idea is that of strength, power of effect , and that it properly describes God in that character in which he is exhibited to all men in his works, as the creator, sustainer and supreme governor of the world. The plural form of Elohim has given rise to much discussion. The fanciful idea that it referred to the trinity of persons in the Godhead hardly finds now a supporter among scholars. It is either what grammarians call the plural of majesty , or it denotes the fullness of divine strength, the sum of the powers displayed by God. Jehovah denotes specifically the one true God, whose people the Jews were, and who made them the guardians of his truth. The name is never applied to a false god, nor to any other being except one, the ANGEL-JEHOVAH who is thereby marked as one with God, and who appears again in the New Covenant as "God manifested in the flesh." Thus much is clear; but all else is beset with difficulties. At a time too early to be traced, the Jews abstained from pronouncing the name, for fear of its irreverent use. The custom is said to have been founded on a strained interpretation of (Leviticus 24:16) and the phrase there used, "THE NAME" (Shema), is substituted by the rabbis for the unutterable word. In reading the Scriptures they substituted for it the word ADONAI (Lord), from the translation of which by Kurios in the LXX., followed by the Vulgate, which uses Dominus , we have the LORD of our version. The substitution of the word Lord is most unhappy, for it in no way represents the meaning of the sacred name. The key to the meaning of the name is unquestionably given in God's revelation of himself to Moses by the phrase "I AM THAT I AM," (Exodus 3:14; 6:3) We must connect the name Jehovah with the Hebrew substantive verb to be , with the inference that it expresses the essential, eternal, unchangeable being of Jehovah. But more, it is not the expression only, or chiefly, of an absolute truth: it is a practical revelation of God, in his essential, unchangeable relation to this chosen people, the basis of his covenant.
Rabbi Tovia Singer confirms Allah is the God of the Hebrew scriptures and Christian scriptures.
Why Muslim Call God Allah Rabbi Tovia Singer, it's the same word as God, Eloah in Hebrew Rabbi Tovia Singer.
The Aramaic word for "God" in the language of Assyrian Christians is ʼĔlāhā, or Alaha. Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, use the word "Allah" to mean "God". The Christian Arabs of today have no other word for "God" than "Allah".
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiZnYHZ5d_eAhUQAXwKHZopAnIQFjACegQIBRAK&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allah&usg=AOvVaw3Dd9-Z46ZLyzEMUQVj23yb
Older Bible said in Genesis Gods name is alah.
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The Lamsa Bible ( translated from Aramaic) by George M Lamsa.
Remember the former things of old: for I am Allah, and there is no other god; and there is none like me
Brasheet bara Allaha eet shm aya wa eet ar’a
This is Aramaic, not Arabic, this is Jesus language Aramaic, and we see that Allah was the originator of creation. He was mentioned since the very beginning of scripture. Allah has also declared himself in Isaiah 46:9 that he is Allah and there’s no one else.
Jesus called God Almighty Allaha in aramaic and alef lamed lamed hey is the root word for God in Aramaic and it's the same root word, just like Arabic and Hebrew.
alef lamed lamed hey Arabic Allah
alef lamed hey alah or eloah Hebrew
All of these words for God begin with either EL or AL, this is because in proto-Semitic (an ancient language which all Semitic languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew, evolved from) the word for God was AL or EL, Abraham PBUH spoke proto-Semitic and he called God "El shaddai", "El" here meaning God and "shaddai" meaning mountain, so basically he called God "God of the mountain"
Allah is what every prophet called God including Jesus.
There's more proof but this should be enough.