Elohim

Elohim (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) tih hi ancient  leh modern hebrew ah chuan singular emaw plural- pathian emaw pathiante tihna a ni. Pakhat sawina tawngkam atana lamrik a nih chuan pathian emaw Pathian(capital letter) tih a ni a. Pakhat aia tam lamrik nana hman a nih ve thung chuan pathiante emaw thiltihtheihna(power) lam sawina a ni ve thung. Pawmdan tam berah chuan elohim hi “eloah” atanga lak a nih hmel a. El- pawh hi Northwest Semitic noun “il” atanga lak chhawn leh a ni ta a. Chu chu hebrai bible ah Pathian(God) tih a lehlin/dah a ni. Chu chuan Pathian pakhat- Israel Pathian kher an mitthla thin a. Heilo pawh hian bible hian pakhat aia tam lam nan a hmang fo thin bawk a ni.

HMING TOBUL

The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible tih lehkhabu chuan  Elohim  tiha  El-  hi Northwest Semitic noun “il” tih atanga lo kal a nih avangin pakhat aia tam Eloah tiin a hrilhfiah. Elohim tobul hrechiang tur chuan a kaihlekdan leh a tlukpui atang hian en chhin ang aw…

1.Canaanite pantheon ah chuan El chu pathian(god) emaw pathian chungnung ber(chief deity) tihna a ni.

2. Biblical Aramaic ah chuan “Elaha”. Ahnu deuh ah “syriac Alaha” tih a ni ve leh a. Pathian tihna a ni.

3.Arabic ah chuan “Ilah” tih a ni a. A awmzia chu pathian(god) emaw pathianna(deity) tih a ni. Achang chuan “Allah” tih pawn lam thin a ni a. Pathian pakhat(God) tihna a ni.

Torah ah hian elohim hi tam tak a inziak kai a. Entirnan exodas 3:4 ah chaun,“Tin, LALPA(Jehovah) chuan en tûra a va pêng chu a hmuhin, Pathianin(Elohim) hnim buk zing atang  chuan a han ko va, “Mosi, Mosi…..”. He chang hi ngun thluk taka ngaihtuah chuan Jehovah vek hi a nih hmel lemlo a. Mahse singular noun, heng mite hi pakhat an ni tihna pawh a ang bawk. Thenkhatah ve thung chuan elohim hi plural anga hmanna chiang tak a awm ve leh a, entirnan exodas 20:3- ah milem pathian a sawina a ni.

Torah kan keu chuan thuangli zingah thuanghnih hi elohim zirnan hmang ang aw. An documentary hypothesis ah chuan Elohist tih atang Elohim hi lo chhuak a ni. Yahweh hi Yahwist atanga lo chhuak a ni ve thung. Evi leh Adama bula leng thin kha Elohist hi a ni a, chu chu vantirhkoh(angels) sawina a ni. Mahse OT lam ah hian puanzarna erawh chiang fakin a awmlo. Yahwist erawh mosia hma daih khan puanzar alo ni daih tawh. Jakoba buan erawh kha chu Yahwist niloin Elohist a nih zia chu 5BCE khan pawm fel hmak a ni tawh.

HEBRAI BIBLE AH ENGTIN NGE A INZIAH

Hebrai bible ah hian Elohim tih hi vawi 2500 lai mai “pathian(god)(Exodus 12:12), pathian dang(1 Kings 11:33), ramhuai(demons), vantirhkoh(seraphim), thilnung makdanglam(supernatural being), thlarau(spirit)(1 Samuel 28:13), Lal leh zawlnei(Exodus 4:16) sawina a hman a ni a. Hei bakah hian bene elohim,pathian fate(sons of God) sawina a ni bawk.

GRAMMATICAL ATANGA THLIRNA

Plural form- 1 Samuel 28:13 ah chuan elohim chu pakhat aia tam sawina a ni a.

Singular form- Gen. 20:13, 35:7, 2 Sam. 7:23 and Ps. 58:11. Deuteronomy 5:26 ah chuan Israel te Pathian(God of Israel) tiin dah a ni ve thung a. Chu chu Pakhat sawina a ni thei bawk.

Abrahama tawng chungchangah- Gen 20:13 ah chuan elohim(gods) tiin Abrahama hian a hmang a. Mahse Greek septugiant leh modern english version ve thung chuan elohim(God) tiin an let thung. Hei hian Abimaleka’n pathian tam tak a biak an rin an hlauh vang maia thlak an ni thung. A nihna zawk takah chuan elohim(gods) tih hi a dik zawk a. Abrahama hian vantirhkoh a sawina zawk a ni.

Vantirhkoh leh roreltu chungchangah- Septuagint translators chuan Elohim-“gods(pathiante/pathian)” tih aiah “vantirhkoh(angel)” hman hi a dik zawk an ti.

Tanna lam a hriatloh- A chang chuan elohim hi plural emaw singular hriat leklo a awmze bo pawha awm ve tho bawk. Entirnan, Psalm 8:5 thu a, “mihring chu Pathian(elohim) hnuai deuh chauhin I siam a”. Hei hian Yahwist nge Elohist a kawh chiang faka hriat a har hle a ni.

Jakoba buan kha- KJV hian Pathian(God) tih hi plural angin a let tlat ve thung. Gen 35:7 ah chuan El- bethel tih a ni a. Chu chu jakoba’n elohim a buanna hmun a ni a. A awmzia chu elohim inpuanna tihna a ni. INPUANG- revealed tih hi hebrai verb ah chuan plural a ni. Chutichuan ” Pathian te inpuanna/pathian inpuanna” tihna ang a lo ni ta a nih chu. NET bible hian han hnial viau tak mahse AKJV hmandan hi pawmawm ala ni zawk fan a ni.

Divine council of Elohim- Marti Steussy in “Chalice Introduction to the Old Testament” tih a zirchianna ah chuan Sam 82, chang 1- ah chuan chiang takin Elohim chu singular a nih zia a rawn tilang a. Mahse chang 6 ah chuan “Elohim in ni e” a ti leh daih. Hei erawh hi chuan he inkhawmna hi chiang takin pathiante inkhawmna a ni tih a tilang a. Elohim chu plural a nih zia a tilang bawk. Johana 10:34-36 hi kan en tel bawk chuan Isua’n , “pathiante(elohim) in ni” a ti leh a. Torah Asaph Psalm xxxii ah pawh Elohim chu pakhat aia tam sawina tho a ni.

Pathian fate- Genesis 6:4 ah chuan bene- elohim tih a awm a, pathian fate tihna a ni. Ben- chu fa tihna a ni a, bene- chu fate tihna a ni. Elohim a “el” hi Urgaritic mythology chuan Plural form a hmang bawk. “im” tih a tawp ami hi musculine gender sawina a ni bawk. Chutichuan Gen 6:4 ami chu lehlindan dik tak zawkah chuan “Pathian(te) fate” tih zawk tur a ni.

Christian bible translation- Modern leh older(KJV) bible lehlin zawng zawng deuh thaw hian Elohim hi vantirhkoh emaw roreltu tiin a letling a. Chu chu greek septugiant ho pawmdan pawh a ni.

Heng avang hian ngun thluk taka ngaihtuahin Elohim hi Pathian chungnung ber hming lam nan te, ramhuai leh milem pathian sawi nana an hman pawlh ta mai hi bible corrupt-na ani thei ang em??!!  Setana hian he bible hi a beih rinna  a awmlo thei lo a, Pathian hming dik tak leh ramhuai sawina hming khat vuah hi a Pathian thu em? A rem em? A pawi thei ang em? A hlauhawm em tih hi ngun tak a ngaihtuah a ngai. Bible pum thlir hian Pathian chungnungber  PA  tihloh hi chuan elohim hming hi lo pu pawh nise a zia zia a la awm a, bible context danga hmeh bel dawn pawn a rem thlup zawk a ni. Mahse chatuan Pa hi elohim tia lo lehlin hi thilpawi tak a nih ka ring!!