Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-athena.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!pesnta!qumix!ittvax!decvax!mit-athena!martillo From: martillo@mit-athena.ARPA (Joaquim Martillo) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Only one God? Message-ID: <56@mit-athena.ARPA> Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 23:42:35 EST Article-I.D.: mit-athe.56 Posted: Sat Dec 1 23:42:35 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 5-Dec-84 00:46:03 EST References: <284@spp2.UUCP> Organization: MIT, Project Athena, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 8 Xref: watmath net.religion:4907 net.religion.jewish:1018 The oldest form of Biblical Hebrew has no regular abstract noun forms. In order to form an abstract concept divinity from the noun for god ('elowah), ancient Biblical Hebrew speakers would use 'elohim. Calling God the Divinity is no different than the English usage calling the king your majesty. Znunim, a word for fornication, is a similar construction of a abstract concept noun from a masculine plural.