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[Paul Younan]

As far as I know the Arabic word 'allah' [alef-lam-lam-haa] does not correspond to 'god' as the word contains 'al' which makes it definite. 'Allah' cannot be taken in the possessive or indefinite. Hence one cannot say 'O my Allah' or 'your Allah' because of the 'al' which makes the definite article.

The appropriate word would be 'ilah' [alef-lam-haa] which is not definite and hence can be taken as 'a god' or 'my/your god'.

With the Hebrew though the 'alh' [alef-lamed-heh] can be taken in the possessive, adding the 'ha' as a prefix makes it definite. Is this true also of Aramaic?

Aramaic does not have a form for the definite. It must be drawn from the context. This is unlike both Hebrew (with the 'ha-') and Arabic (with the 'al-'). In fact, we find many variances in the Greek versions of the NT because of this very unique feature of Aramaic. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/happy.gif" alt="" title="Happy" /><!-- s -->

In Aramaic, "Alaha" means either "a god" or "the God".

In the case of the Arabic "Allah" - you are correct, it does contain the definite "al" - which would, of course, be the equivalent of the Aramaic "Alaha" (in the definite, of course.)