אֱלֹוהַּ

אֱלֹוהַּm. (b. h.; v. אֵל) God. Pl. majest. אֱלֹהִים, cmp. אֵל.האלהים by God! Sabb.145a; a. fr. ד is freq. substituted for ה as אלדים, אלדי, ידוד esp. in Targ. Y. ed. Sab. אלקים, ch. אלדים, אלדי, ידוד adopted in order to avoid uttering the divine name. B. Kam. 106a; cmp. אלעיקי, איפופי Pl. אֱלֹוהֹות 1) deities, powers. Y.Ber.IX, beg.12d. Lev. R. s. 4. 2) biblical verses containing the word El, Elohim Y.R. Hash. IV, 59c.