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Sumerian Questions and Answers: ". Hebrew ELOHIM
>Does the hebrew word ELOHIM have sumerian origins?

There is an Afro-Asiatic root `ilay, which means 'to be high'. In Semitic and Hebrew, it manifests as elow, which is probably the origin of elohim, 'gods'.

So the answer is no, the word does not have Sumerian origins.

Follow-up:
> - the word El in hebrew means god, how would that be of afro-asiatic root?
> where would 'ohim' come from when u already have the El? or where El come
>from in the 1st place?

In Hebrew, one adds -im to form the masculine plural.

EL in Hebrew means 'a strong, mighty one, a hero, a god'.

There is no word EL in Akkadian, but there are many Akkadian words beginning with EL that mean 'high, above, over'.

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