Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site spuxll.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!spuxll!mis From: mis@spuxll.UUCP (Meyer Steinberg) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Question about "plural" aspect of Hebrew name of Deity Message-ID: <590@spuxll.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 13:14:34 EST Article-I.D.: spuxll.590 Posted: Thu Dec 13 13:14:34 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 06:33:27 EST References: <2715@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, South Plainfield NJ Lines: 7 I think the best answer is one given by some else recently, i think it was by Martillo. In Biblical Hebrew the plural is used for abstracts. elo-him would not mean G-ds but G-dship. I remember coming across other abtracts. For example the word for virginity is plural. "Vlo matzati la betulim". Dueteronomy 22:14. Betulim is in the plural, and a woman has one virginity! The previous posted answer gave another example, but i dont remember it.