Is it wrong to call the Master Alahym must we call him only Alauhym as the Dead Sea Scrolls state? To support this view some say Aluahym is safe as in Alahym there is the word 'alah' which means 'curse'. I searched the Paleo Hebrew online bibles and saw the different variants except for Aluahym (which I am still searching) , these bibles are digitally handwritten and are authentic and so are the dead sea scrolls. There is no contradiction when both are compared. But it is always better to dig into DSS (Dead Sea scrolls) to see the different variants .I looked up the word Alah (Strongs 422 & 423) which means swear, oath, & curse and hence many say because it also means curse it shouldn't be used in the title of the Master. Below are the screen shots:
The screen shot of the word alah; Strongs 422 & 423
Portion from the book of Psalms from Dead sea scrolls which shows the spelling Aluahym
Before I address the word 'alah' I would like to address and see if 'Aluahym' or 'Alahym' is found in scriptures. The attachment from the dead sea scroll as seen above is in the Ashurit Hebrew (square script) which Yisharal brought with them from Babylon after their captivity there without the vowel points. They forgot the Paleo Hebrew where Ahba gave them the Turah through Moshe. As you can see in the scroll attachment above Ahba's (Father's) name is mentioned in Paleo Hebrew while the rest is in the Ashurit Hebrew (square script). This shows that this scroll was a copy and hand written by man but we can't deny that the fathers wrote this as close as possible to remain faithful to the original texts because there are no vowel points added in it. This is why I thought of searching the Paleo Hebrew scrolls found among the Dead Sea scrolls and here is what I found.
The above is from a negative film of Leviticus Paleo Hebrew found in Dead Sea Scrolls which shows the letters Ah La Hay Ya Ma in Paleo Hebrew which is written as Alahym. The letters don't show Ah La Uau Hay Ya Ma here making it Aluahym. But didn't we see the portion of the dead sea scroll which says Aluahym? Even that is correct because Aluahym is plural form of Aluah used in scripture.
There maybe different spellings of Ashurit Hebrew in dead sea scrolls while copying but the transliteration is what matters. If the pronunciation shows the words Aluah, Aluahym, Alahym and there are a few more variations to the spelling, it is all correct. I looked up the Genesis 1 scroll in Ashurit Hebrew (sqaure script) and the word there shows up as Alahym.
Please see the below screen shot:
As seen above I marked all the four words in the fragment of Genesis 1 which shows the spelling as אֱלֹהִים (Alahym) and not אֱל֫וֹהַּים (Aluahym). There is no Uau (וֹ ) after אֱל֫ (AL) in the text here but even Aluahym is correct as seen in other scrolls.
Now please see the screen shot from Paleo Hebrew from the Exodus Paleo Hebrew fragment found among the Dead Sea Scrolls which shows Alahym:
Alahym evidence from fragments of scrolls from one of the plates from Genesis/Exodus/Joshua/Deuteronomy/Job in Paleo Hebrew found in Dead Sea scrolls. It's difficult to identify from which scroll because the fragments are from various scrolls found in parts.
See Image Below which again shows Alahym:
The Paleo Hebrew online bibles also term his title as Alahym. But there is this word 'Aluah' mentioned 60 times in the Old Testament and is written as Ah La Uau Ha (Aluah)
The word is spelled as 'aluah' in Deut 32:15 but the same word in verse 17 is spelled as Ah La Ha (Alah) followed by Ah La Ha Ya Ma (Alah Alahaym). In verse 15 It speaks of Yashurun forsaking Aluah who made him---Pls look at the comments section where I have shown the Strongs word H433 'e-lo-ah' (for Alah) and Strongs says that it is a short form for Aluah and is rarely used.
Deut 32:15 But Yashurun grew fat and kicked you are grown fat, thick, and sleek then he forsook Aluah who made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Deut 32:17 They sacrificed to demons who were not the Alah (shortened form of Aluah), alahaym whom they knew not, new ones who came lately, whom your fathers did not dread.
Verse 17 says They sacrificed to demons who were not the Alah....... (modern versions use Aluah as they recognize this shortened form having its roots in Aluah but we can't deny the usage as seen in Paleo Hebrew and even in the Ashurit Hebrew). See the below screen shot from Paleo Hebrew which shows the word Alah:
It's important we understand the word 'Alah' and the context in which it is used here before ruling out that it means curses only. If the meaning is only taken as 'curse' then the verse should read ' They sacrificed to demons who were not the curse (Alah)'. This doesn't make sense at all because to sacrifice to demons is being accursed. Letters and Words in Hebrew have both positive and negative emanations from it and hence the context where the letter/word is used should be correctly translated.
Strongs 422 'alah' means swear/to take has 6 occurences in scriptures
Strongs 423 'alah' means 'oath' and has 36 occurences
Strongs 421 is wrong here and says the word is 'alah' whereas its 'alay'. There is no 'Hey' in the word, instead there is a 'Yod' and is spelled as Ah La Ya which means 'Wail' only 1 occurence in scripture
Joel 1:8 Wail (alay: Ah La Ya) like a virgin girded with sackcloth over the bridegroom of her youth.
The verse means Cry to Alay like a virgin girded with sackcloth over the bridegroom of her youth.
In Joel 1:8 the people of Alahym are asked by Alahym to Mourn like a virgin girded with sackcloth over the bridegroom of her youth. Because there was no one to intercede & because the virgin daughter was in harlotry our Mashiyach on the stake 'Wailed' on her behalf saying " Alay Alay lamah `ayzab’tani" which is translated 'My Alahym, My Alahym why have you forsaken me?"
This is how our Mediator interceded for us while we were in the filth of sin. He still loved us and died for us while we were still sinners.
The first 4 words from the left to the right above are ' Alay Alay lamah ayzabtani'
Now see from the square script:
Ps 22:1 Alay Alay why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.
Matt 27:46 About the ninth hour Yahusha cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Alay Alay lamah `ayzab’tani"that is, “My Al, My Al, why have you forsaken Me?”
The scribes and the Pharisees thought he was calling Elijah (his actual name is AlaYahu) for help because they had come out with the Babylonian square script with then the vowel points added to it and did not understand the pure language which came out from our Master's lips.
If you check the Online Hebrew Interlinear they translate Alahym as Elohim, Al as El, Alay as Eli, (Psalms 22:2) with the vowel points. This is what the Masoretes did and the influence was on the Rabbi's and Pharisees of Yahusha's day. That's why they couldn't understand that Mashiyach was fulfilling prophecy by wailing for the virgin daughter of Tsiyown because they were blinded from truth.
Elijah (angilicized name): Paleo HebrewLetters Ah La Ya Ha Uau. Put together should be 'AlaYahu' and not 'AliYahu'. If 'Ala' is seen as an Aramaic word then 'Ali' is also an Aramaic word. There are many Muslims with the name 'Ali'
What we foget is the Hebraic Father Abar (Eber) the Son of Shem (father of Hebrews) crossed over from Chaldees from Babylon, moving away from Nimrod's kingdom,even our Father Abraham crossed over from Ur of Chaldees.
Ge 10:21 ¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Abar (Eber), the brother of Yapheth the elder, even to him were children born.
Abar: Ayin Bet Resh: Ayin means 'See' and 'Bar' means Son. Put together 'See the Son'. He had eyes of faith fixed on the Son to cross over.
Ge 15:7 ¶ And he said unto him, I am Yahuah that brought thee (Abraham) out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
The Abary (Hebrew) language was the oldest (proto Canannite Hebrew) and the first language on earth when Yahuah dispersed Babel in confusion of other dialects. Hence other languages borrowed letters,words and even phrases from Abary(Hebrew). Just because Aramaic borrowed words from Hebrew doesn't make these words Bar, Alah, alu, al etc Aramaic words because they are used by Moshe when he wrote the first five scrolls (Bar in Barashyth, bara, barayth etc which shows the Son concealed) and even the Pslamist wrote in Psalms 2:12 Kiss the Bar (Son)...The problem is not accepting these words when our fathers themselves showed evidence of using these words.
When Mashiyach uttered 'Alay' (Ah La Ya) which has the Yod in it (shortened) the Pharisees and the scribes throught that he was calling Eli Eli (the E is the vowel sound made for the 'Ah' and the i is the sound made by vowel point for the yod)
Matt27:47 And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, This man is calling for EliYahu.
Isn't it strange that Strongs 421, 422 & 423 portray the same word as 'alah' to mean differently? Is this the only word which has multiple meanings. There are many such words and it's all because of vowel points added to it.
For argument sake look up Strongs 431 'alu' (means behold) which is Ah La Uau, if we add Ha to it doesn't it become Aluah but yet Strongs says 'Alu' is an Aramaic interjection because it is mentioned in the portions written in Daniel which is Aramaic. It's obvious that Aramaic borrowed lot of words and even interjections from Hebrew.
The word 'alah' which means to swear/to take/oath/curse is rooted in 'Aluah' (Strongs 433) and in 'Alahym' (Strongs 430). We won't go into the occurences of the word 'alah' because there are too many words and since we have already derived the meaning of what the word means we need to understand why it is used in the title 'Alahym'.
'Alahym'/'Aluhaym' is plural whereas 'Aluah' is singular. 'alahym'/'aluhaym' means 'mighty ones' and is used for even pagan gads (gods).
The 'alah' -swearing by/or taking an oath is rooted both in 'Aluahym' & 'Alahym' because 'alah' is the shortened form of 'aluah' as seen in Strongs 433. Let's now read the verse which we quoted earlier Deut 32:17
Deut 32:17 They sacrificed to demons who were not THE Alah, Alahaym whom they have not known, new ones who came lately, whom your fathers did not dread.
Alahym: Ah La Ha Ya Mem :Alah ( One sworn by) + Yam (Seas)
The nations are often compared to as 'seas'
Eze 28:2 Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus says Adonay Yahuah, Because your heart is lifted up and you have said, I am al, I sit in the seat of Alahym in the heart of the seas (yam); Yet you are a man and not AL, although you make your heart like the heart of Alahym
The prince of Tyre, the man of sin,his heart's desire is expressed and tied to Shatan who says he is al and he sits in the seat of Alahym in the heart of the seas (the seas are the peoples).
Rev13:1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the sea (yam). Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea (yam), having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
Alah and yam put together is 'The One sworn by the seas(peoples)'
Deut 32: Verse 17 They sacrificed to demons who were not the 'ONE SWORN BY' (Alah which is shortened form of Aluah), The one sworn by alahym (alah + yam) whom they knew not, new ones (new alahyms referring to other gads) who came lately, whom your fathers did not dread.
Moshe in his poetic song is saying that they sacrificed to demons who were not the One sworn by (referring to Yahuah as THE Aluah and uses Alah the shortened form), the Alahym whom they did not know, instead they swore by the new ones (referring to new gads) who came lately, whom their fathers did not fear.
So the word Alah has both the positive and negative emanation. A simple analogy will help us understand what is meant here:
Yahusha is King of kings and Master of masters.
When we say King of kings we swear that he is the only KING, when we say Master of masters we swear he is the only Master.
Similarly out of all the alahyms/aluahyms one has to identify and swear by the only Alahym/Aluahym.
1Cor8:5 For even if there are so-called alahyms whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many alahyms and many masters
1Cor8:6 but to us there is but one Alahym, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Master, Yahusha the Mashiyach, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.
Once you have identified the true Alahym you are blessed, and if you worship other alahyms you are cursed. That's what the word 'alah' rooted in Alahym means.
DSS (Dead Sea scroll) fragments reveal the attempt our father's made to remain faithful in keeping the originality and the scrolls found are oldest. Al,Aluah, Aluahym, Alay (as in Psalms 22:1) and Alahym are the variants used and a few more as a title. In Deut 32:15 speaking of Yashurun it says he forsook his Aluah. This word Aluah in this passage shows the nearness and personal relation of the Ahba and the pain Ahba has when his people reject him. Aluah is the only word which I found so far used in this manner out of the other variants.The Usage of Aluahym along with the Yahuah's name is I believe shows his immanence (nearness) to us through his Fatherhood just as usage of Aluah in Deut 32:15 which shows the pain in forsaking him in a poetic song sung by Moshe.
The above screen shot is from the book of Psalms where the title 'Aluahym' is associated with Yahuah's name. Yahuah's name appears in Paleo Hebrew while the rest is all in Ktav Ashuri.
The Below screen shot is the word Aluah from the Psalms scroll transliterated but spelled differently . One is spelled as Ah La Uau Ha Ya Uau and the other Ah La Uau Ay Ha and both put together are Aluahyu (the Yahu sound is in this one) and Aluaah (the praise sound 'UYah' (as in HallelUYAH) sound is in this one).If you notice the name of Yahuah is associated with both these words.
Pslams 18:46 we see the nearness of the Ahba to his children as Aluah.
Ps 18:46 Yahuah lives, blessed be my rock; and exalted be THE Aluah of my salvation.
And when we use Aluahym/Alahym we see the usage in plural, used for Yahuah and used for even the other gads.
'Aluah' is used also for pagan deity but the context sets it :
Examples:
2Chr32:15 And now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you nor mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for no aluah (Strongs 433) of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers; also, surely your Al shall not deliver you from my hand?
Sennacherib king of Assyria (Ashuri) used the word 'aluah' to mean that no closest/most powerful deity of any nation or kingdon will be able to deliver the people from his hand. The Ashuri used this title in reference to Yahuah so as to mock his people because he had heard of Hezekiah telling the people that Yahuah will deliver them from the hand of the king of Ashuri.
2Ch 32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Yahuah our Alahynu shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
See screen shot below for the word Alahynu in Paleo Hebrew:
See the screen shot in the Hebrew square script for Alahynu:
Alahynu: Ah La Ha Ya Nu Uau . This same word is used in the Shema Deut 6:4 Hear Oh Yisharal Yahuah our Alahynu is Echad Yahuah.
Alahynu comes from the shortened usage 'Alah' from 'Aluah' and is a personalization of Aluahym/Alahym and means 'MY/Our Aluahym/Alahym'. It's like saying Aluahym is our Alahynu. It is strange that KJV and other bibles generalizes Deut 6:4 and 2 Chronicles 32:11 using the word Alahym instead ofAlahynu.
Screen shot of Deut 6:4 in paleo Hebrew and square script:
The word is rooted in Aluah, a personal Aluahym/Alahym and all these words are divinely inspired just as 'Abynu' which means 'My Father'
Dan11:38 But in his place he shall honor the aluah of fortresses, the aluah whom his fathers did not know; he shall honor him with gold, with silver, with costly stones and with treasuresDan 11:39 He shall do in the strongholds of fortresses with strange aluah (Strongs 433), whom he shall acknowledge. He shall multiply in glory; and shall cause them to rule over the many, and shall divide land for a price
Daniel spoke of the coming Grecian empire (spiritual) and the king from there would exalt himself over all alahyms and will honor the Aluah (of the Hebrews), the Aluah whom his fathers did not know, he shall make a stronghold of fortresses with strange aluah. This was spiritually fulfilled when the Greeks came into the inheritance after hearing the besorah (gospel) and overrunning the assemblies with a false gad named jesus who is a strange aluah and is so personal to millions who are attached to this false gad beastly name.
The usage of Aluah is still maintained as someone who is close/personal. Shatan knows Aluah is personal so decieves people by coming as angel of light as though he is a true aluah.
Aluahym from the DSS Psalms scroll, see image below:
Aluahym from the DSS Deuternomy scroll
While I could find the word Aluah in Paleo Hebrew (in the Paleo Hebrew bible) I could only find Aluahym in the square script (Ktav Ashuri) because the Paleo Hebrew are only in fagments and not available but if DSS shows that it's definitely there. Aluah is singular and refers to the Father while Aluahym is plural. The DSS uses both Alahym and Aluahym so we can't be rigid saying only one of them has to be used because the 'Alah'/'Alay'/'Al' etc are all rooted in 'Aluah'. Many Yahuians prefer to use Aluahym because they fear the word 'Alah' in Alahym could be blasphemy because the moon gad of Islam Allah also sounds the same. As I said before Islam is a newly founded religion which didn't even exist until a few centuries back. When Moshe and other prophets wrote 'Alahym' they had no problem because the word is Hebrew and uses the short form 'Alah' in 'Alahym' instead of 'Aluah'.Just because Aramaic uses many Hebrew words and have even named their god as Allah doesn't mean that I throw away portions of scripture which shows usage of Alahym. I also showed proof from Paleo Hebrew scrolls where the word Alahym is used. I also showed 'alu' is an interjection used in Aramaic and means lo! or behold, it doesn't mean I will not address Yahuah as Alu - ha (Aluah). The rest I leave it to the discretion of the reader to title him as Aluah, Aluahym, Alahym,Al, Alay,Alaynu, Aluahu or Aluaah as its all there in the scrolls with the ones which are rare are in poetic form (example Alay,Aluahu & Aluaah). Praise be the name of Yah!
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Comprehensive study based on DSS Paleo Hebrew fragments and Square Script scrolls! DSS is the oldest copies of manuscripts available today. Square script can be comparable to Paleo Hebrew to a good extent but when Masoretes added nikuds vowel points it changed the whole beauty of the language. As you said, we should not have a problem in calling Yahuah Alahym or Aluahym because we have His true identity - set apart in contrast to the gads of heathens. You have taken a great pain to study and compare various titles of Yahuah making it simple for your brethren. May Yahusha continue to make us grow in His knowledge.
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