Why use God and Lord

[BigJohn]

The Old Testament's Hebrew may have been a tonal language as oppose to English being non-tonal. Another text that might have been tonal was the Bhagavad Gita. Tonal languages use both sides of the brain and have a tendency to be sung.

Every language uses both sides of the brain just like you use both sides of your brain every day. What exactly do you mean when you say "both sides of the brain"?

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by ThatMan

How is this even possible.. I heard from you, so to say, this, on another post, and I was really intrigued by this... In the end it seems so man made..

How the Northern Kingdom of Israel came about having a consort for Yahweh is a mystery. Other nations at that time period had a consort for their God and for some reason, they seemed to have all been named Asherah. But the Northern Kingdom of Israel's Asherah was special, she also had a penis.

I can see how some cultures would include worship of a male/female entity. As for me, I have only met one person that has both male and female features.

Asherah is mentioned in the Bible but it is almost impossible to ascertain the importance of the name in the Bible.

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

The Old Testament's Hebrew may have been a tonal language as oppose to English being non-tonal. Another text that might have been tonal was the Bhagavad Gita. Tonal languages use both sides of the brain and have a tendency to be sung.

Both books appear to have originally been recited orally. Singing the information may have been the method the media was transmitted.

[jojo50]

Originally Posted by ThatMan

Take a look at Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

Now, changing those two words we have: Now there was a day when the sons of Elohim came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan came also among them.

The way the words are placed in this statment appears to me as pointing to two different deities, one is Elohim and the other is Yahweh, but even Yahweh is called as being an Elohim.

Psalms 109:26 Help me, O Lord ( Yahweh ) my God ( Elohim ): O save me according to thy mercy:

the word Elohim, is just another word for "God" it's a title, NOT a name. Yahweh or Jehovah is his personal name. also that title, can and have been used to represent false gods, from the days of old. such as the god Daʹgon ,(1Sam. 5:7).

[sky]

Originally Posted by jojo50

the word Elohim, is just another word for "God" it's a title, NOT a name. Yahweh or Jehovah is his personal name. also that title, can and have been used to represent false gods, from the days of old. such as the god Daʹgon ,(1Sam. 5:7).

Elohim IS a name for God used in the Hebrew Bible.
“In the beginning [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). The name Elohim occurs over 2,500 times in the Tanakh.

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by sky123

Elohim IS a name for God used in the Hebrew Bible.
“In the beginning [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). The name Elohim occurs over 2,500 times in the Tanakh.

Elohim can be plural or it can be singular. Because of mis-translations, etc., the word Elohim is a word most people do not resonate with.

We have very little idea who/what Elohim is/are. The word normally gets translated as God or god, angels, people, sometimes it is combined with Yahweh to give such expressions as Yahweh Elohim or Elohim Yahweh, etc.

Hard to believe so little is known about Elohim which probably is reflective as an index of our understanding of the Bible.

[sky]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

Elohim can be plural or it can be singular. Because of mis-translations, etc., the word Elohim is a word most people do not resonate with.

We have very little idea who/what Elohim is/are. The word normally gets translated as God or god, angels, people, sometimes it is combined with Yahweh to give such expressions as Yahweh Elohim or Elohim Yahweh, etc.

Hard to believe so little is known about Elohim which probably is reflective as an index of our understanding of the Bible.

It's irrelevant what name is used, why waste energy trying to work it out. We have different terms of endearments which we use towards our loved ones, no problem.

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by sky123

It's irrelevant what name is used, why waste energy trying to work it out. We have different terms of endearments which we use towards our loved ones, no problem.

But......... Elohim is not a name, just like El is not a name.

[sky]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

But......... Elohim is not a name, just like El is not a name.

Elohim IS a name for God used in the Hebrew Bible.
“In the beginning [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). The name Elohim occurs over 2,500 times in the Tanakh.