This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic[edit]

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El (deity)

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Ilah

Noun[edit]

*ʔil- m

1. deity, god

Inflection[edit]

Coordinate terms[edit]

• *ʔilāhat-

Descendants[edit]

• Akkadian: 𒀭 (ilum)
• Ammonite: 𐤀𐤋𐤌‎ (ʾlm)
• Hebrew: אֵל‎ (ʾēl)
• Arabic: إِلّ‎ (ʾill) (probably Canaanite loan)
• Old South Arabian: 𐩱𐩡‎ (ʾl)
• Phoenician: 𐤀𐤋‎ (ʾl), 𐤀𐤋𐤕‎ (ʾlt), 𐤀𐤋𐤌‎ (ʾlm)
• Samaritan Aramaic: ࠀࠢࠋ‎ (ʾĕl), ࠀࠜࠋࠠࠄ‎ (ēla), ࠀࠝࠋࠦࠄࠉ࠙ࠝࠌࠬ‎ (ʾelūwem)
• Ugaritic: 𐎛𐎍 (ỉl), 𐎛𐎍𐎚 (ỉlt)

Extended form *ʔilāh-:

• Arabic: الله‎ (allāh), إِلَٰه‎ (ʾilāh)
  • Judeo-Arabic: אללה‎ (allāhu)
  • Maltese: Alla, alla
• Aramaic::
  • Biblical Aramaic: אֱלָהָא‎ (ʾĕlāhā)
  • Lishana Deni: אִילָאהָא‎ (ʾīlāhā)
  • Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡀࡄࡀ‎ (alaha)
  • Samaritan Aramaic: ࠀࠣࠋࠟࠄࠟࠄ‎ (ʾĕlāhā)
  • Classical Syriac: ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ‎ (ʾalāhā)
• Hebrew: אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĕlṓah), אֱלֹהִים‎ (ʾĕlōhīm)
• Old South Arabian: 𐩱𐩡𐩠‎ (ʾlh)