I am sorry, but I don't know if God is "strong" or powerful", or "mighty".
The root L immutably (immutably!) means 'up, on, above'. From this root we have EL, ELAH and ALON. Also עול OL, as in Deut. 28:48, 'yoke', put upon the neck of a beast of burden. Also עול UL, as in Is. 65:20, 'grown'. Also עלילה ALILA as in Deut. 22:14, 'tall story, heaped accusations'. Isaac Fried, Boston University On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Philip Hardy wrote: > Mabey: > 1. The Power on high > 2. The highest power > is what you are alluding to. > > Philip Hardy > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Isaac Fried >> Sent: 08/08/12 08:07 AM >> To: Philip Hardy >> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] יהוה vs הבעל >> >> No Hebrew root can mean 'might' or 'strength', but 'up, on' is >> good. In what sense >> depends on our perception and understanding of the circumstances. >> >> ELAH אלה (Gen. 35:4), and ALON אלון (Gen. 35:8) are tall >> trees. >> >> Think also about the words: לול LUL (1Ki 6:8), לולאה LULAH >> (Ex. 26:5) >> and ליל LAYIL (Ex. 12:42). >> >> Isaac Fried, Boston University >> >> On Aug 8, 2012, at 6:41 AM, Philip Hardy wrote: >> >>> El or אל Is mighty or strength. על is up or elevated. > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
