The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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)l noun sg. abs. or construct

Generally treated as a proper noun, hence the existence of an actual emphatic form is highly uncertain. In Syriac independently ܐܝܠ but ܐܠ as a compound in names.

  1 god Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. --(a) in the NT quotation "my God, my God" CPA, Syr.
  2 as a specific divine name Palm, Qum. --(a) אל עליון Qum, Sam.
  3 לאל ידי : my power [Heb.] Sam.

)lh noun sg. emphatic

ˀlh, ˀlhˀ (ˀĕ/ălāh, ˀĕ/ălāhā) n.m. god

Sam. also an Arabizing spelling: אללה

1 god, God Com. --(a) pagan god(s) Com. --(b) the God of Israel Com. (b.1) in oaths and curses JBA. --(c) ܠܐ ܐܠܗ : godless Syr.