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ʾIlu, also spelt as ʾEl, and ʾIll also called Anu, Jabru, Hamurnu, Aten, and Amun-Ra-Horakhty (means "the One True God" in Aramoid, Canaanite, East Semitic, Sayhadic, Ethio-Semitic, Arabic, Modern South Arabian, Ancient North Arabian, and Proto-Semitic, respectively). Also known as Yahweh, God, or Allah is a Proto-Semitic, Levantine, Arabian, and Mesopotamian, god of uncertain sex (usually depicted as a male). He is a one of the strongest Semitic deities along with Athur (Ashur/Anshar), his wife-daughter ʾAṯiratu (Asherah/Allāt), and Baʿal.
The form ʾIlu is attested in Arabic (as a transliteration for the Levantine deity, the original Arabic cognate is ʾIll which means a vow or the highest deity, and ʾIllu is the nominative form) and Akkadian as the name of Sumerian Anu.
El in the Hebrew bible
| “ | When Elyon divided the nations, he fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the gods; YHWH’s own portion was his people, Jacob his allotted share.
—Deuteronomy 32:8-9.
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| “ | A Psalm of Asaph. Elohim standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the Elohim. I have said, Ye are Elohim; and all of you are children of the most High.
— Psalm 82:1.
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Even many titles of Yahweh like the Elohim, El Saddai, Elyon and the El roi come from El, some people think that the bronce bull that appereace in the Book of Exedus, could be El but also could be his son Baal, because the iconograpy of both ware the sames, it is theorized that El may be a early version of Yahweh, which would explain of why many hebrews names finish in El like:
- Michael (Who like God)
- Gabriel (God is my hero or God is my strength)
- Raphael (God has healed)
- Uriel (God is my light or God is my flame)
- Azazel (a Dear of God)
- Azrael (The one whom God helps)
- Kushiel (Rigid one of God)
- Helel (The Shining One)
- Satanel (Adversary of God)
- Daniel
- Samael (Poision of God or Blind God)
- Israel
But exist some hebrews names that have not a relation with El, even if they end in El:
- Abel
- Babel
- Jezebel
- Zerub Babel
- Raguel
Also exist some hebrews names that have not finish in El:
- Metatron
- Sandalphon
- Mastema
- Lailah
- Dumah
- Hahasiah
- Imamiah
El Shaddai
The Name "El Shaddai" mean the All Almighty in Hebrew (literally, El is my Mister), but in but in the canaanite language El Shaddia mean El of the mountains (being one of many, titles that Yahweh inherited from El).
Extras
- The word El is It translates as GOD in morden hebrew.
- El was identified with Poseidon by the greeks.
See also
- Elohim (Plural of Eloah)
- Levantine mythology (The origin of ʾIlu)
- Demiurge (The Craftsman)
- King of the Gods