12-04-2012, 09:33 PM
As far as I can remember, /el/ (on its own) does not appear in Aramaic as a generic word for "god" or "deity" until Imperial Aramaic.
Before then, it specifically referred to the deity, El, or was used in the names of specific deities. The word /elah/ was employed for "god" throughout all of this.
I'd have to poke around my Old Aramaic materials to double-check this though, so do not quote me on it until then. :-)
Peace,
-Steve
Before then, it specifically referred to the deity, El, or was used in the names of specific deities. The word /elah/ was employed for "god" throughout all of this.
I'd have to poke around my Old Aramaic materials to double-check this though, so do not quote me on it until then. :-)
Peace,
-Steve