Hebrew (אלוהּ), which appears to be a singular feminine form of the name Elohim, is comparatively rare, occurring only in poetry and late prose (in the Book of Job, 41 times). What is probably the same divine name is found in Arabic (Iah as singular "a God", as opposed to Allah denotation - "The God" or "God", "al" in "al-Lah" being the definite article "the") and in Aramaic (Elaha). Cognate with the Arabic name Ilyah - "God". See the name Elohim.
Eloah or Elah may be considered cognates of Allah due to the common Semitic root name for (an or the) creator God, as in El - "deity" of ancient Near Eastern cosmology. Allah (literally, Al-ʾIlyah) is also the Arabic name for the God of Abraham in general, as it is used by Arab Christians and traditionally, Mizrahi Jews. Its Aramaic form, ʼAlâhâ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ in use by modern Assyrian (Syriac) Christians, is taken from the Biblical Aramaic ʼĔlāhā ܐܠܗܐ which was the everyday word for God at the time of Roman occupation. This unusual singular form of Elohim is used in six places for heathen deities (examples: 2 Chronicles 32:15; Daniel 11:37, 38;). The normal Elohim form is also used in the plural a few times to refer to multiple entities other than God, either for gods or images (Exodus 9:1, 12:12, 20:3; and so forth) or for one God (Exodus 32:1; Genesis 31:30, 32; and elsewhere). In the great majority of cases both are used as names of the One God of Israel.
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